Topic: Child-friendly green spaces

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

01-05-2019|Comment|author: Julia Zvobgo

Children in green urban spaces ‘perform better academically’

Children who grow up near urban green spaces are likely to perform better academically, according to a new report. Green space has a ‘positive role in cognitive functioning’, of which spatial working memory is strongly related...Read more

27-09-2018|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Childhood exposure to green space ‘may help’ brain development

A new study by Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital del Mar and UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, says being raised in a greener neighbourhood can benefit a child’s developing brain. Around 250 children participated in...Read more

28-03-2018|Comment|author: Julia Zvobgo

Resilience: connecting young people with nature

A resilient city is one where young people have easy access to nature and outdoor play, argues Samuel Williams of the planning and design company, Arup. Here, her explains why it is time for designers to...Read more

15-12-2016|Comment|author: Adrian Voce

Development of child-friendly green spaces

If a city is to function properly, it needs to coordinate very diverse agendas related to land use, energy, water, waste, mobility, health and education, economic development, and the promotion of cultural vitality and social...Read more

08-03-2016|Comment|author: Marini Widowati