Creating Child Friendly Cities: Reinstating Kids in the City

by Brendan Gleeson (Editor), Neil Sipe (Editor)

Leading planning and geography authors present this comprehensive assessment of 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 and housing, Creating Child Friendly Cities outlines strengths and deficiencies in the processes that govern urban development and change from the perspective of children and youth. Issues explored include children's view of the city and why this is unique; the 'obesity epidemic': is it caused by cities?; the journey to school and children's transport needs generally. With illustrations and case studies, Creating Child Friendly Cities presents planning professionals with a solid case for child-friendly cities and an action plan to create places for children to play.

176 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2006

About the author

Brendan Gleeson is a professor of urban policy studies in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne and director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.

He has also held the position of deputy director of the National University of Ireland’s National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis and, prior to that, set up the Urban Research Program at Griffith University and was its inaugural director.

Reviews

[Alifa Imama · Rating 3 out of 5]

gives good and varied references, though most of them are way too old (20 years gap)