Creating Child Friendly Cities Reinstating Kids in the City

"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.

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 andhousing, 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.

1. Creating Child Friendly Cities: Historical Perspectives, Future Prospects Neil Sipe & Brendan Gleeson Part 1: The Policy Context2. Child Friendly Cities: International Debates and Prospects for a National Framework of Action Karen Malone3. Future Shapers: Planning Policy for Children and Young People Claire Freeman 4. Social Policy and Urban Children: Learnings from the Pathways Project in Brisbane Ross Homel 5.Youth-friendly Cities or Cities for Angry Young People? Inclusive Urban Policy Frameworks that Engage Youth Kurt IvesonPart 2: Programsfor Change6. Children’s Health and the City: New Concerns, New Responses Neil Sipe, Nick Buchanan & Jago Dodson 7. Children in the Intensifying City: Lessons from Auckland’s Walking School Buses Robin Kearns & Damian Collins8.Overcoming Social Traps:A Key to Creating Child-friendly Cities Paul Tranter 9. Reflections on What Developers Can Do for Urban Children Prue Walsh 10. Child Friendly Cities: An Agenda for Action Neil Sipe & Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson is Director of the Urban Research Program at Griffith University, Brisbane.Before joining Griffith he was Deputy Director of the Urban Frontiers Program at the University of Western Sydney. His research interests include urban planning and governance, urban social policy, disability studies, and environmental theory and policy. Neil Sipe is Head of the Environmental Planning School at Griffith University and is an experienced urban researcher who has worked in North America and Australia. He has an extensive teaching record in the field of transport planning and in recent research has been the first Australian scholar to propose methods for defining and mapping transport exclusion.