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Creating Child Friendly Cities

Name: Creating Child Friendly Cities
Author: Brendan Gleeson
ISBN: 9780203087176

by Brendan Gleeson

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Overview

Creating Child Friendly Cities seeks to assess the extent to which the physical and social make up of Western cities accommodates and nourishes the needs of children and youth. Examining the areas of planning, design, social policy, transport, housing, it outlines strengths and deficiencies in the processes that govern urban development and change from the perspective of children and youth.
The Book examines a diverse range of issues including children's view of the city and why this is unique; how to work with kids to create better cities; the consequences of Children's health and how this is shaped by the make up of cities; the "obesity epidemic": is it caused by cities?; the journey to school, and children's transport needs generally and many more.
In the final chapter the editors look at development from a child usage perspective' and put together an agenda for action, in order to provide cities with places for children to play.

Synopsis

Reinstating Kids In The City / Brendan Gleeson And Neil Sipe -- United Nations : A Key Player In A Global Movement For Child Friendly Cities / Karen Malone -- Australia's Toxic Cities : Modernity's Paradox? / Brendan Gleeson -- Cities For Angry Young People? : From Exclusion And Inclusion To Engagement In Urban Policy / Kurt Iveson -- Colliding Worlds : Planning With Children And Young People For Better Cities / Claire Freeman -- Children In The Urban Environment : A Review Of Research / Neil Sipe, Nick Buchanan, And Jago Dodson -- Children In The Intensifying City : Lessons From Auckland's Walking School Buses / Robin Kearns And Damian Collins -- Overcoming Social Traps : A Key To Creating Child Friendly Cities / Paul Tranter -- Creating Child Friendly Playspaces : A Practitioner's Perspective / Prue Walsh -- Pathways To The Child Friendly City / Brendan Gleeson, Neil Sipe, And Kylie Rolley. Edited By Brendan Gleeson And Neil Sipe. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.