Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities

Author:   Tim Gill
Publisher:   RIBA Publishing
ISBN:  

9781859469293


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 February 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities


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What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and urbanisation escalate, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and sustainable. This book reveals how seeing cities through the eyes of children strengthens the case for planning and transportation policies that work for people of all ages, and for the planet. It shows how urban designers and city planners can incorporate child friendly insights and ideas into their masterplans, public spaces and streetscapes. Healthier children mean happier families, stronger communities, greener neighbourhoods, and an economy focused on the long-term. Make cities better for everyone.

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Author:   Tim Gill
Publisher:   RIBA Publishing
Imprint:   RIBA Publishing
ISBN:  

9781859469293


ISBN 10:   1859469299
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 February 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Urban Planning and Children Chapter 2: What is Child-Friendly Urban Planning and Why Does it Matter? Chapter 3: Transforming A Failing City Chapter 4: Child-Friendly Cities Around the World Chapter 5: Making it Happen: Principles, Building Blocks and Tools Chapter 6: What Next?

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"Tim Gill is an independent scholar and consultant based in London whose work focuses on children’s play, free time and planning. He is former director of the Children’s Play Council (now Play England) and a Built Environment Enabler for the Design Council. The New York Times described his 2007 book No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk-Averse Society as “a handbook for the movement for freer, riskier play""."

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