So much more than just a skatepark
It’s the first ever skatepark built in Syria but, if you ask the kids, it might just be the most important skatepark in the world. After living through years of conflict, children in the Syrian city...Read more
Keeping our cities child-friendly as society ages
Who do we design our cities for? As fertility rates plummet, and the majority of our population moves into older age brackets, are we still thinking about how developers, architects, councils and town planners accommodate...Read more
Apartment life for families means living at close quarters – but also often isolation
Newer high-rise developments in Australia’s inner-city areas are increasingly home to parents raising young children. In the 2016 Census, family households represented nearly half of apartment residents. Close to one in ten children aged 0-4...Read more
Sustainability 3.0 – i.e. what is placemaking
In June about 400 placemakers met in Valencia for Placemaking Week Europe 2019. Placemaking Week Europe is Europe’s biggest conference and festival celebrating the impact of placemaking on the urban fabric. In this article, Beata Patuszyńska...Read more
A comprehensive book on building child-friendly cities
By 2030, an estimated six out of every ten people living in cities will be under the age of 18. That is, the majority of city residents will be children and youth. Despite this surprising statistic, even...Read more
Kids choose our cars and clothes – why not their own space?
Based in Warsaw, Beata Patuszyńska is a PR professional with 15 years’ experience in the real estate sector. She works on planting ideas of sustainable development among grown-up players on the real estate market, as...Read more
A green car-free oasis in the centre of Antwerp
‘Het Groen Kwartier’ or The Green Quarter offers 8 hectares of car-free living in the centre of Antwerp. It is a neighbourhood that has all the assets of the city while located in a green...Read more
Smart cities aim to make urban life more efficient – but they need to slow down
All over the world, governments, institutions and businesses are combining technologies for gathering data, enhancing communications and sharing information, with urban infrastructure, to create smart cities. One of the main goals of these efforts is...Read more
Making schools and daycares green with the city of Antwerp
Children in the city don’t always live within walking distance from parks or green playspaces. To give every child the opportunity to enjoy a green playspace, the city of Antwerp encourages schools and daycares to transform...Read more
The urban environment reimagined as sustainable floating cities
Last week UN-Habitat hosted the very first round table discussion on sustainable floating cities at the UN Headquarters in New York. Architects, designers, academics and entrepreneurs discussed how floating cities could be a viable solution to...Read more
Challenging the vertical sprawl
To understand the major barrier to making our cities more sustainable and environmentally friendly places, just stand in the centre of almost any Australian city and look up. The chances are you will be in...Read more
5 field trips showcasing ‘Children in the sustainable city’
During the upcoming Child in the City International Seminar in Antwerp, Belgium five field trips have been planned. The field trips provide delegates with an opportunity to see first hand how the city of Antwerp...Read more
Bringing child friendly design to Belfast’s city centre
In August 2018 a fire in Belfast’s city centre destroyed the historic Bank Building property. Since the fire, there have been discussions on how to rebuild and redesign the city centre in a child friendly...Read more
One million urban trees
Now that the one millionth tree has been planted by Greening the West in Melbourne’s western suburbs, there are one million more ways for urbanites to connect with nature. Greening the West, an alliance of local...Read more