Urban Childhood

The following sources are related to the topic: Urban Childhood. How do we design our urban spaces to support healthy and engaged children? Though overlaps exist, each article has been thoroughly gathered and brings a new idea to my project. The first part of these articles answers the question of why we should design our cities to become child-friendly together with the benefits it could bring. The key point is that a child-friendly city could not only benefit kids but profit adults and older people in multiple ways like improving air quality by increase the number of public transportation and persuade young talents to stay. Then, the majority of the following articles deal with the actual steps, aspects, and ideas in urban childhood design. They can be divided into different categories as some provide suggestions for public transportation design, some consider roads and street design, and some think about outdoor space and affordable housing blueprint. One manages with urban planning in high-density neighborhoods. Also, many case studies like the one about Singapore, the acknowledged top one kid-friendly city in the world, are included to help designers get a successful experience in outdoor space planning. Besides, a novel and creative idea about allowing children to design the city for themselves is mentioned below. This makes sure planners really stand on the position of children and think for future generations. Furthermore, one article is about the city that adolescents want because, in many ways, teenagers are the most overlooked age group, and cities generally lack spaces for social capital and engagement to happen among them. Furthermore, they also play a principal role in stimulating city vitality. Please feel free to click some of the articles below to see the compelling reasons why "Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."