Children and urbanism

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Increasing children’s involvement in urban issues can lead to more sustainable and just cities. Their experiences often touch the most problematic issues of contemporary urban contexts.

General introduction

How can we create more just and sustainable cities from the children’s point of view? How can we produce knowledge on our cities in collaboration with children? How can we as scholars, urban planners or activists overcome our adultcentrism? What is the pandemic teaching us about justice and sustainability from the children’s point of view?

Main insights on/for sustainable just cities

Creating just and sustainable cities with children: database of initiatives

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A: Co-creating knowledge and practices with children [In this section, we are collecting initiatives that principally aim to understand children's vision of their urban contexts and their everyday practices, create knowledge together with them and/or raise awareness on their needs and ideas.]

1. Community-based initiatives

2. Research-focused projects

B: Interventions in the public space [In this section, we gather initiatives that transform (public) space together with children through a co-creation process.]

1. Community-initiated interventions

2. Municipal projects

3. Educational and other institutional contexts (for example schoolyards)

Suggested key readings & links

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Link to other Wiki-pages

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Further reading

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