If we love our cities, we’ll make better decisions about their future after the pandemic
It’s the most famous city slogan in the world: I Love New York. And yet, surprisingly, love doesn’t seem to play a part in how urban planners build cities.Read more
Vancouver’s youth urged to help shape the city’s future
How do you map out a city’s future? For decision-makers in Vancouver, it could turn out to be as easy as child’s play.Read more
Shaping kids’ futures from their experiences of COVID-19
Children’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic are being sought by researchers investigating how youngsters have adapted to their situation. Dr Justin Spinney and Dr Matluba Khan of Cardiff University, and Muntazar Monsur of Texas Tech University,...Read more
What is there to learn from ‘street experiments’?
‘Street experiments’ are becoming an increasingly helpful tool for examining how cities can be designed for people, not vehicles. This, says urban researcher Luca Bertolini, is especially relevant given the radical changes in how we...Read more
Showcasing global examples of child-friendly urban design
An architect specialising in the design of child-friendly cities is keen to share some of the best examples of urban living the world has to offer.Read more
Empathy tools for urban leaders and designers
Urban planners are being encouraged to utilise a set of ’empathy tools’ aimed at helping them design child-friendly environments. It’s one of the latest initiatives developed by the Urban95 arm of the Bernard van Leer Foundation...Read more
Living with Beauty: reconnecting city children with nature
The introduction of orchards in cities and urban areas can ‘reconnect children with nature’, a UK government review has said. Two million trees could be planted on the streets of the nation’s towns and cities, under...Read more