Brazilian cities’ experiences of creating naturalised parks – which bring major benefits for children – are the inspiration behind a new book.
The Alana Institute, in partnership with the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Urban95 Brazil project,...Read more
School’s almost out for summer vacation for many students in Oregon. But transportation planners in their cities and school districts are already thinking past Labor Day, eager to make it easier for students and parents...Read more
Noise from road traffic has a major impact on the development of crucial memory and attention skills in primary school children, slowing it down significantly, according to new research.
A long-term study of around 2,700 children...Read more
A day of action later this month will see thousands of UK schoolchildren take part in a short, supervised walk to promote vital road safety messages.
Road safety charity Brake is behind the Brake Kids Walk,...Read more
Six in 10 people will be living in cities by 2030. This is concerning. Cities are responsible for over 70 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet cities can also do a lot to...Read more
As we prepare to host next month’s Child in the City International Seminar, child rights experts from across the world are also getting ready to join us and share their knowledge with all of you....Read more
A European Union & UNICEF-led scheme in one of Bangladesh’s major cities is seeing local communities provide a safe and reassuring welcome to refugee children and young people.Read more
City mayors from around the world are going back to the (virtual) classroom to learn how to make their communities as child-friendly as they can be.Read more
High-quality green and blue spaces in cities, such as parks and riverbanks, are crucial for children’s health and well-being but access is not equal, according to a new briefing from the European Environment Agency (EEA).Read more
Fortunately, more and more attention is being paid to a play-friendly public space in both research and policy. Yet there is still little insight into very basic questions. For example, do boys play more outside than...Read more
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
