‘People who grow up in a city that cared for them are more likely to care for their city’
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India’s National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is a think tank attached to the national Ministry of Urban Development....

The enduring legacy of playground designer Aldo van Eyck
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Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck designed over 800 playgrounds in Amsterdam between 1947 and 1978. This article identifies...

‘Families are beginning to reclaim city centres’
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Lia Karsten researches the changing relationship between cities and children. Here she talks to Early Childhood Matters...

The Bureau of Re-Funification
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Children need opportunities to show civic leadership. Cities lack opportunities for fun. Combining these ideas, Andrew...

‘Cumulative risks need comprehensive responses’
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Gary Evans is an environmental and developmental psychologist interested in how the physical environment affects human...

Human-centred design and the need for new ideas
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The process of finding ideas for improving urban design so that it caters for the needs of children has to start with understanding...

Blueprints for hope: engaging children as critical actors in urban place making
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Third- and fourth-grade elementary school students have been contributing their ideas to the redevelopment of their community...

Designing spaces that users can define
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Comparing her experiences of living with children in Rome and Chicago, architect Monica Chadha concludes that culture and social...

‘Interventions must be low-cost, low-tech, and paired with a public health message’
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ARCHIVE (Architecture for Health in Vulnerable Environments) Global is a non-profit organisation working worldwide to improve...