Reading through the article, I found out that The City of Parramatta, has created Australia’s only guidelines (not requirements) for child-friendly high-density living […]
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🙏 Huge thanks to @londoncycling.bsky.social, Camden Bike Bus, and everyone who joined our (short but very fun!) feeder ride! 😀👍
#KidicalMass #ActiveTravel #ChildFriendlyCities
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From alleyway games to play among ruins, this powerful essay reflects on childhood, memory, and the right to safe public space in a city rebuilding itself.
When children can play freely again, a city begins to heal.
Read more: bit.ly/4aN5S98
#TNOCessay #ChildFriendlyCities #PublicSpace #Damascus
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Too often, city and town planners forget about our smallest residents.
It's time that we change our cityscapes and build for people (especially the tiniest ones) 🧸
Thanks to Sqratch for this awesome post!
#cityplanning #childfriendlycities #raleigh #durham
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Utrecht University is hiring a postdoc for the ACTIVATE project to study children’s active mobility and urban environments.
#urbanism #urbanplanning #ActiveMobility #ChildFriendlyCities #UtrechtUniversity
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UNICEF USA's Jennifer Sperber and a UNICEF USA youth advocate pose for a photograph during a Halloween celebration in Salem, Massachusetts. They hold a UNICEF USA flag and iconic little orange Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF boxes.
During a press conference, UNICEF USA's Danielle Goldberg speaks into a microphone, celebrating the announcement that the city of Salem, Massachusetts has joined UNICEF's Child-Friendly Cities Initiative.
Iconic little orange Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF boxes sit on a table at a Halloween event in Salem, Massachusetts.
Our team recently traveled to @cityofsalemma.bsky.social — the Halloween capital of the world — to celebrate 75 years of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF 🎃 and Salem’s announcement that it is joining UNICEF’s #ChildFriendlyCities Initiative (CFCI). 💙 #ToT4UNICEF
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See also @citiesxhealth.bsky.social's first-ever Special Issue!
'Child-friendly cities'
@stsucl.bsky.social #ChildFriendlyCities
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcah20/3...
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UNICEF USA staff and Salem officials hold a UNICEF USA banner at today's CFCI event
Congratulations to the @cityofsalemma.bsky.social and to all those working to affirm that children are not only a priority of their local governments but also active partners in shaping the futures of their communities.
Learn more about the #ChildFriendlyCities Initiative: unicefusa.org/CFCISalem
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We’re thrilled to announce that the city of Salem, Massachusetts, has officially joined UNICEF’s Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI)! 🎉 @cityofsalemma.bsky.social #ChildFriendlyCities
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Despite its benefits and UN protection, children’s right to play is restricted in cities. Urban spaces prioritize cars and exclude kids, limiting access and sparking tension over informal play zones.
theconversation.com/how-to-give-...
#RightToPlay #ChildFriendlyCities #UrbanPlay
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🚸 Love for children means hatred for cars!?
Why designing cities around kids means pushing cars to the margins — and why that’s a good thing.
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Read the blog post:
medium.com/@backoffice_...
#UrbanDesign #ChildFriendlyCities #CarFreeFuture #MediumBlog #MobilityJustice
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Research by Professors Sophie Hadfield-Hill & Peter Kraftl shows why children and young people must be part of city design.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/kHMqDWA8i-Y
🔗 More: planning4cyp.co.uk #UrbanPlanning #YouthVoice #ChildFriendlyCities
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A series on #childfriendlycities just won the #PultizerPrize
Bravo @alexandralange.bsky.social whose essays examined public spaces (and the lack thereof) for children and families
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @unicefusa.org
Follow the 🧵for a peek at the essays...
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More deprived settlements tend to have fewer, smaller playgrounds. Brindley & Martin (2025)
[8/8] Ce travail alimente une campagne pour un droit au jeu inscrit dans la loi, comme au pays de Galles. Une cartographie nationale soutient désormais les communes dans une meilleure planification de l’espace public pour les enfants. #geography #childfriendlycities #inequality #urbanplanning
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In London, kids in more deprived inner city boroughs have better access to playgrounds. Brindley & Martin (2025)
[7/8] Pour les villes comme Brighton ou Lincoln, où les aires sont grandes mais éloignées, les auteurs recommandent des installations mieux réparties. À l’inverse, Portsmouth ou Nottingham devraient agrandir les aires existantes. #geography #childfriendlycities #inequality #urbanplanning
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[6/8] Certaines villes combinent de bons résultats sur les 3 critères : Norwich, Islington, Milton Keynes. D’autres, comme Liverpool, Leeds ou Stockton-on-Tees, sont déficitaires sur toute la ligne. #geography #childfriendlycities #inequality #urbanplanning
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[5/8] À Londres, la tendance s’inverse : les quartiers défavorisés du centre (Islington, Hackney) offrent plus d’aires de jeux de proximité que les banlieues plus riches (Redbridge, Kingston upon Thames). #geography #childfriendlycities #inequality #urbanplanning
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[4/8] L’accessibilité est aussi très inégale : Liverpool a la plus faible part d’enfants vivant à moins de 500 m d’un jeu, contre Southampton ou Plymouth qui figurent parmi les villes les mieux dotées. #geography #childfriendlycities #inequality #urbanplanning
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[3/8] La taille des aires de jeux varie fortement : Leicester consacre 0,30 % de sa surface urbaine aux aires de jeux, contre 0,07 % à Leeds. Norwich offre 7 fois plus d’espace par enfant que Birmingham. #geography #childfriendlycities #inequality #urbanplanning
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[2/8] En dehors de Londres, les zones les plus pauvres ont souvent moins d’aires de jeux, plus petites, et plus éloignées des logements. À Liverpool, on compte 1.104 enfants par aire, contre 236 à Norwich. #geography #childfriendlycities #inequality #urbanplanning
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[1/8] Paul Brindley et Michael Martin (Univ Sheffield) ont cartographié 18.077 aires de jeux dans 534 villes d’Angleterre pour révéler les inégalités spatiales d’accès aux équipements ludiques pour les enfants. Un enjeu de justice sociale et territoriale. #geography #childfriendlycities #inequality
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👧 Start with Children Summit is back in Bratislava, 13–14 May!
Join EIT Urban Mobility on 14 May at 11:05 for our session on Shared Mobility for Families — rethinking transport systems with children in mind.
🎟️ Info & tickets: lnkd.in/epMmv8ZT
#UrbanMobility #ChildFriendlyCities #EITUrbanMobility
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Exciting news! 🎉 Last week, the city of #Decatur, Georgia officially became the third UNICEF Child Friendly City in the country, demonstrating a commitment to building a safer and more accessible community for children.
More about #ChildFriendlyCities from @decaturish.bsky.social:
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🌍 Wusstet ihr, dass wir Teil eines globalen Netzwerks sind, das sich für kinderfreundliche Städte weltweit einsetzt?
Die #ChildFriendlyCities Initiative ist eine von #UNICEF geführten Bewegung, die sich seit 1996 dafür einsetzt, dass die #Kinderrechte auch auf lokaler Ebene verwirklicht werden. 🏙️
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Thanks, Jared, for the opportunity to chat about one of my favourite topics : cities that support childhoods.
We covered loads of ground : mobility, public space, play, public consultations, decision making, language, children's freedom. FREEDOM!
#ChildFriendlyCities
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More preschool kids riding the bus and metro than usual. Surely cuz their parents aren’t biking or driving in this post-74cm-snowstorm. Love seeing adults offering up their seats to 2 and 3 year olds. #stm #ChildFriendlyCities
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City calls on children to uncover fire hydrants and on teens to help their neighbours shovel their stoops and entrances. Nice call, @montreal.ca, seeing young people’s contribution. #BlizzardCity #IntergenerationalShoveling #ChildFriendlyCities
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Children's daily lives are affected mostly by decisions made by parents, teachers and urban planners. Together they influence where, how and how long children play. In recent years, children's outdoor play has declined. For health and pedagogical reasons, it is important that we stimulate outdoor playing. To realize this we need a new approach on public spaces for kids. This approach doesn't start with picking some elements from catalogues of play equipment companies or landscape architects. We should start at the other end by taking into account the bigger picture: the purpose (WHY) and the conditions (HOW) to realize playable cities. Only then, do we know which actions (WHAT) have to be carried out. The purpose is to stimulate outside playing, because it improves the health of kids, enriches their skills and most of all it gives them pleasure (WHY). These higher goals can only be achieved when the right conditions are created (HOW). For example public spaces should be accessible, attractive, challenging, divers and inviting. The different actions and efforts (WHAT) such as design, programming and ordering equipment are a result of these sub goals and not the other way around. In total, I come to 100 measures. Examples of these actions are broad sidewalks, climbing structures, greenery, ground markings, shared spaces and bike racks for kids. The moral of this story: if we want to realize playable cities we have to consider these three aspects (WHY, HOW, WHAT) continuously and collectively.
Let’s make more #childfriendly and #playfriendly districts! This model will give you guidance and inspiration. With 💯measures for stimulating active free play in #cities around the world:
urbanspringtime.blogspot.com/playablecities
#publicspaces #outdoorplay #kids #childfriendlycities #playspaces
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Designing with kids: Copenhagen University’s ‘Move the Neighbourhood’ project empowers children to co-design playful public spaces, transforming urban areas into vibrant, kid-friendly environments.
ign.ku.dk/english/move...
#UrbanDesign #ChildFriendlyCities #Copenhagen
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#Play and #UrbanSports in #publicspace in #Vleuten (part of @GemeenteUtrecht)
#playfriendlycities #childfriendlycities
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