Urban95

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95 cm: the city at toddler level – how focusing on young children is changing my perspective on urban planning
From October 10 to 14, urban experts and trend setters from all over the world were gathered in Amsterdam at the annual…
Case
How cities can use dashboards to make better decisions about early childhood
One of the tools used by cities as they collect more data is a “dashboard”: a tool for collating and sharing data…
Announcement
Games and art bring Bogotá community together
The first Urban95 Crezco con mi barrio (“Growing with my neighbourhood”) experimenting exercise took place on Sunday October 1, with the purpose…
Story
Coaching and connecting – how we’re getting cities interested in Urban95
I started working with the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Urban95 initiative earlier this year after leaving KaBOOM!, the US-based non-profit I had…
Story
Why Walking Is So Good for Parents, Toddlers, and the Cities Where They Live
Planning and managing cities has become one of humanity’s defining challenges, yet it is hard to know how to plan for what…
Story
Building together an action plan in São Paulo
After an intensive six-month process, the Reference Centre for Early Childhood – a project funded by BvLF as part of its Urban95…
Case
How the Bogotá Urban95 team chose where to pilot their work
In which area of Bogotá should we pilot our Urban95 intervention? We spent four months gathering and analysing data to choose first…
Story
What happened when Neha, 14, attended the Habitat III conference
Namaskar! I am Neha, a 14-year-old girl from a slum in Narela in India’s capital New Delhi. I am one of the…
Story
Winning the Hero Award
I am Rupak Kumar Gouda, a 17-year-old child leader from Humara Bachpan Campaign. We are a child-led movement of 35,500 children who…
Report
Small Children, Big Cities: Impact through design intervention
This is a report on the national conference ‘Small Children, Big Cities: Building Smart Child-Friendly Cities for 21st-century India’, held on 28…
Early Childhood Matters
Small Children, Big Cities
With the world rapidly urbanising, more and more childhoods are being lived in big cities. This ECM explores issues ranging from playground…
Early Childhood Matters
Living Conditions: The Influence on Young Children’s Health
This edition of Early Childhood Matters explores the links between the living conditions that children grow up in and their health and…