Planned development takes time, and proposed changes may be sluggish to implement, often challenged by bureaucratic powers that deny cities the opportunity to ‘get things done’. Sometimes cities need an injection of tactical urbanism to...Read more
Almost two million children in England – one in five – are living in overcrowded, unaffordable or unsuitable homes, says the National Housing Federation in its annual ‘state of the nation’ report on England’s housing...Read more
The International Child in the City Foundation is happy to bring experts together again and would like to announce the event line up for 2022! Read more
Rotterdam has joined forces with Dutch national travel association, the ANWB, for an initiative that collects, refurbishes and will donate around 500 unused bicycles to children in the city.
Though The Netherlands is rightly regarded as...Read more
The efforts of Korean cities to promote child rights have been recognised in a high-level event held by the Korean Committee for UNICEF (KCU) with mayors and local government leaders.Read more
‘Experimenting’ with how children see and experience elements of city life will be the subject of an online workshop being held by the University of Amsterdam.Read more
In 1978 Colin Ward wrote the widely read and much quoted book ‘The Child in the City’. The book is an attempt to explore the relationship between children and their urban environment. It asks whether...Read more
Children living in ‘fragile cities’ are among those most susceptible to the effects of climate change, but we can help them adapt and be part of the solution, according to a new report.Read more
The experiences of children in the Brazilian city of Recife could teach other municipalities some vital lessons about the relationship between urban mobility and childhood development.Read more
Exposure to higher air pollution levels and greater population density during the early months of life may be associated with an increase in children’s body mass index (BMI).Read more
Air pollution and heatwaves are a factor in one in eight of all deaths in Europe, many of them children who are particularly vulnerable to environmental factors.
The European Environment Agency (EEA), in a report, says...Read more
“Ahaan just took off and sprinted down this alleyway in this big market, towards the street where there was a ton of traffic,” says filmmaker, Jacob Krupnick, as he recalls the hairy moment in Pune,...Read more
Detroit resident Glenda Miggins dreads the painful choices she makes each month in the wake of the global pandemic: Pay her full rent and electricity bill or feed her son Artee, a fourth-grader who relied...Read more
