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Urban Planning: Child-Friendly Cities - Playing out

The movement for child-friendly cities and neighbourhoods is gaining momentum across the UK and abroad. Nicole Weinstein finds out how thoughtful urban planning and design can play a major role in giving children a good start in life
Vauban in Germany prioritises children, cycling and green spaces over cars
Vauban in Germany prioritises children, cycling and green spaces over cars

If you could experience the city from 95cm – the height of an average three-year-old – what would you change? This is the question that the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Urban95 project seeks to answer on behalf of the children and carers who rarely have a voice in city policy, planning or design.

Working internationally with city leaders, architects, planners and engineers, the foundation’s goal is to encourage cities to create spaces where children can grow, learn, create, imagine and play across all neighbourhoods, reaching as many families as possible. Its motto is: ‘A city that works for babies, toddlers and their caregivers is a city that works for everyone.’

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