澳大利亚儿童友好城市建设及启示

Experiences and Inspirations of the Construction of Child-Friendly Cities in Australia

快速城镇化以及近年来的开放街区、汽车主导的城市空间变化,改变了儿童生活环境。以澳大利亚为例,阐释儿童友好城市的概念,分析其在制度保障、多方协同、儿童参与等方面的实践,以本迪戈实践解析其建设儿童友好城市的具体行动,给中国建设儿童友好城市提出相应建议。

The rapid urbanization in China, together with a number of recent changes in the built environment, such as denser street networks and increasing car-domination, have made it an urgent task to study how children’s need for a better environment could be met. This paper discusses the Australian experience in building child-friendly cities, with a focus on the definition of the child-friendly city, the necessary institutional arrangement, multi-dimensional cooperation, and children’s participation. Bendigo is used as a case study to illustrate the specific action framework for making it child friendly. These discussions lead to several suggestions for China to consider in order to build child-friendly cities.