child-friendly urban planning & design · solving the insoluble. antwerp new westminster...
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Insights and lessons from cities around the world
www.rethinkingchildhood.com
Child-Friendly Urban Planning & Design
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Sollefteå (map credit: Torbjörn Wrange)
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What is a child-friendly city?
Arup (2017) adapted from Kytta M (2004) Journal of Environmental Psychology
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Why does child-friendly urban planning matter?
• Children’s views
• Health & well-being
• Environment & sustainability
• Community life
• Economy & demography
• Solving the insoluble
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Children’s views about cities
Safety & free movement Heavy traffic
Peer gathering places Rubbish & litter
Varied activity settings
Safe green spaces
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Child-friendly cities
• Compact
• Easy to get around on foot or by bicycle
• Green & playful
• People care about children
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Child-friendly cities
• Compact
• Easy to get around on foot or by bicycle
• Green
• People care about the environment
Sustainable
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Nature is good for children
“High levels of childhood green space are associated with lower risk of developing any of a spectrum of adolescent into adult psychiatric disorders.”
Engemann et al (2019)
"If we were talking about a new medicine that had this kind of effect the buzz would be huge, but these results suggest that being able to go for a walk in the park as a kid is just as impactful."
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Children’s well-being
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Mental health
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“The generators of community life”
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Economic benefits
“Rotterdam and Vancouver have taken ambitious steps to make urban environments attractive to families, retaining skilled workers and driving the local economy.”
Arup, Cities Alive: Designing for urban childhoods
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“Children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a successful city for children, we will have a successful city for all people.”
Enrique Peñalosa,Mayor of Bogotá
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Solving The Insoluble
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Antwerp
New Westminster
Rotterdam
Vancouver
Oslo
Ghent
City of N Vancouver
Calgary
Freiburg
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Rotterdam, Netherlands
Population 635,000
Density (per sq km) 3,050
Density compared to London 56%
Households with children 29.5% (lower than national average)
Characteristics • Europe’s largest port• Traditionally a working class city• Rebuilt along car-centric lines after
World War 2
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• Euros 27.5 million
• 2006-10 & 2014-18
• 1 Pilot Neighbourhood
• 9 Follow-up N’hoods
• Public Realm, Schools, Housing
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There are now 10% more
home-owning, degree-
educated people living in
our target neighbourhoods.
Ronald Schneider, Former
Deputy Mayor
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Oslo: a child-friendly smart city
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The Most Child-Friendly Neighbourhood?
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Rationale
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Municipal Model For Child-Friendly Urban Planning
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“You look at the geodata. You look at what the children say with the participation. You walk around with the external bureaux. You make your own observations. And you come up with a plan.”
Wim Seghers, Antwerp City Council
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Challenges & questions
• Equity & gentrification
• Legislation & regulation
• Teenagers & younger children
• Older people
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Takeaways
• Build An Ambitious, Progressive Vision
• People Before Policies
• Play AND Mobility
• Mainstreaming:• “Children’s Infrastructure”