Child friendliness is the need for a good life in the new era.The problems related to the construction of child-friendly cities were discussed from the perspective of the supply of public goods.Through literature rese...Child friendliness is the need for a good life in the new era.The problems related to the construction of child-friendly cities were discussed from the perspective of the supply of public goods.Through literature research and summary,the basic concepts,construction factors,sources of supply goods,structure of the main supplies,and supply behavior of public goods supply in child-friendly cities were sorted out.Some effective suggestions were proposed,such as improving the resource conversion and integration ability of the main suppliers,establishing an effective incentive system,optimizing the structure of the main suppliers,improving multi-party collaborative efficiency,ensuring benefits for all parties,raising child-friendly awareness,innovating funding sources for projects,ensuring adequate funding supply,building urban supply system in accordance with local conditions,and ensuring the supply of public goods.展开更多
By studying the behavioral psychology and needs of children,this paper analyzes the essence of child-friendly parks from the perspective of children,and discusses the design principles and key points of child-friendly...By studying the behavioral psychology and needs of children,this paper analyzes the essence of child-friendly parks from the perspective of children,and discusses the design principles and key points of child-friendly parks,so as to provide a practical basis for the construction of child-friendly cities.展开更多
The present society values the protection and development of children’s creativity,and adopted measures in many aspects,but there are still many children’s ideas that are guided by mechanization,so that their creati...The present society values the protection and development of children’s creativity,and adopted measures in many aspects,but there are still many children’s ideas that are guided by mechanization,so that their creativity is bound,eventually making less likely to children’s development.Therefore,in the construction of children’s friendly cities,it is necessary to pay special attention to the protection and development of children’s creativity.In this paper,through a large number of cases,the protection and development of children’s creativity under the establishment of child-friendly cities were studied and discussed,and the construction principles and methods for this problem,as well as specific measures were put forward.展开更多
The urban developments have been carried out by only professionals for a long time because of efficiency and safety. However, most residents are ordinary people. Therefore, it is necessary to change the awareness of s...The urban developments have been carried out by only professionals for a long time because of efficiency and safety. However, most residents are ordinary people. Therefore, it is necessary to change the awareness of sustainable living environments, not only on the construction side but also the residents. In recent years, the number of cases of residents＇ participation in planning, maintaining, and repairing increased. However, sometimes youths and children, who might spend a lifetime longer than adults in a city after the developments have been done, are not included in this ＂Residents＂. Conceming youth and children＇s participation, CFC （child friendly city） is one of the good practices for sustainable development. It was launched by UNICEF （United Nations Intemational Children＇s Emergency Fund） and UN-Habitat in the Habitat II in 1996. City governments, especially in European countries, started to view CFC as their key concept for preservation and/or sustainable development. CFC means not only being ＂Children＂ friendly but also ＂All people＂ friendly. Various effects have been reported since the Historic Cities/districts included CFC in their city planning as a common concept, especially in education, community re-development, and operation and maintenance by the community. It is expected that better city planning in preservation and sustainable development can be achieved by adding CFC concept. In this research, an ideal way of city planning involving resident participation and the possibility in the future are analyzed based on case studies. Then a strategy of sustainable development and community planning involving youth and children＇s participation is proposed.展开更多
Caregivers,i.e.,parents,grandparents,and anyone caring for children,make up the majority of users in many urban centers around the world,including in China.Yet urban design and planning rarely consider specific needs ...Caregivers,i.e.,parents,grandparents,and anyone caring for children,make up the majority of users in many urban centers around the world,including in China.Yet urban design and planning rarely consider specific needs of caregivers.This can result in a negative perception among people that cities are unfriendly places to raise children.Such negative perception is among the major contributors to the aging population problem,as parents and parents-to-be feel reluctant to give birth and raise more than one or even any children.Using an interdisciplinary approach,i.e.,cognitive science,psychology,behavioral economics,and urban studies,this paper examines a new city model of"parent-friendly city,"where urban design serves the needs of caregivers,effectively creating a perception that cities are friendly places for raising children.First,we identify that caregivers'needs are characterized by two major factors:provision:parents want to provide for their children,such as providing places for play and learning,and@restoration:parents want to restore things that they lack due to childcare responsibilities,such as lack of rest and interaction with other adults.Second,we offer cognitive-based design principles that can work powerfully and effectively to fll both needs.Third,using real case studies from cities in China and around the world,we illustrate how these design principles work,even reversing caregivers'perception from negative to positive.Ultimately,thoughtful urban design can support parents in raising children,making cities into partners in parenthood.展开更多
Based on the interpretation of the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative(CFCI),this paper empirically demonstrates an effective action mechanism for building child-friendly communities in the policy context of multi-party ...Based on the interpretation of the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative(CFCI),this paper empirically demonstrates an effective action mechanism for building child-friendly communities in the policy context of multi-party co-construction by taking urban communities in Changsha as a longterm practice base.Through analyzing the characteristics of roles and action mechanisms of participants in three different types of child-friendly communities,namely Fengquan Gujing Community,Xingfuli Community,and Baziqiang Community in Changsha,it finds that social forces,such as the community Party organization,enterprises,universities,social organizations,elementary and secondary schools of the community,and mass organizations,are"participants"in building child-friendly communities and mobilizing residents(including children).In addition,the three necessary conditions for building a child-friendly community are"core guideline,""awareness consensus,"and"action coordination."All parties involved need to act together based on one platform,with one party playing a central role in connecting the top and the bottom and integrating resources.Among the three communities which have benefited from Changsha’s child-friendly city policy environment,Fengquan Gujing Community stands out in terms of the effectiveness of multi-party co-construction by giving full play to the central role of the community Party organization and the university’s role in improving awareness consensus.展开更多
基金Sponsored by the Social Sciences Planning Foundation for Young Scholars in Liaoning Province in 2020“Study on the Construction Path and Countermeasures of Child-friendly Cities in Liaoning Province”(L20CGL014).
文摘Child friendliness is the need for a good life in the new era.The problems related to the construction of child-friendly cities were discussed from the perspective of the supply of public goods.Through literature research and summary,the basic concepts,construction factors,sources of supply goods,structure of the main supplies,and supply behavior of public goods supply in child-friendly cities were sorted out.Some effective suggestions were proposed,such as improving the resource conversion and integration ability of the main suppliers,establishing an effective incentive system,optimizing the structure of the main suppliers,improving multi-party collaborative efficiency,ensuring benefits for all parties,raising child-friendly awareness,innovating funding sources for projects,ensuring adequate funding supply,building urban supply system in accordance with local conditions,and ensuring the supply of public goods.
文摘By studying the behavioral psychology and needs of children,this paper analyzes the essence of child-friendly parks from the perspective of children,and discusses the design principles and key points of child-friendly parks,so as to provide a practical basis for the construction of child-friendly cities.
基金Sponsored by the Youth Project of Social Science Planning Foundation of Liaoning Province in 2020:Study on the construction path and countermeasures of child-friendly cities in Liaoning Province (L20CGL014)。
文摘The present society values the protection and development of children’s creativity,and adopted measures in many aspects,but there are still many children’s ideas that are guided by mechanization,so that their creativity is bound,eventually making less likely to children’s development.Therefore,in the construction of children’s friendly cities,it is necessary to pay special attention to the protection and development of children’s creativity.In this paper,through a large number of cases,the protection and development of children’s creativity under the establishment of child-friendly cities were studied and discussed,and the construction principles and methods for this problem,as well as specific measures were put forward.
文摘The urban developments have been carried out by only professionals for a long time because of efficiency and safety. However, most residents are ordinary people. Therefore, it is necessary to change the awareness of sustainable living environments, not only on the construction side but also the residents. In recent years, the number of cases of residents＇ participation in planning, maintaining, and repairing increased. However, sometimes youths and children, who might spend a lifetime longer than adults in a city after the developments have been done, are not included in this ＂Residents＂. Conceming youth and children＇s participation, CFC （child friendly city） is one of the good practices for sustainable development. It was launched by UNICEF （United Nations Intemational Children＇s Emergency Fund） and UN-Habitat in the Habitat II in 1996. City governments, especially in European countries, started to view CFC as their key concept for preservation and/or sustainable development. CFC means not only being ＂Children＂ friendly but also ＂All people＂ friendly. Various effects have been reported since the Historic Cities/districts included CFC in their city planning as a common concept, especially in education, community re-development, and operation and maintenance by the community. It is expected that better city planning in preservation and sustainable development can be achieved by adding CFC concept. In this research, an ideal way of city planning involving resident participation and the possibility in the future are analyzed based on case studies. Then a strategy of sustainable development and community planning involving youth and children＇s participation is proposed.
文摘Caregivers,i.e.,parents,grandparents,and anyone caring for children,make up the majority of users in many urban centers around the world,including in China.Yet urban design and planning rarely consider specific needs of caregivers.This can result in a negative perception among people that cities are unfriendly places to raise children.Such negative perception is among the major contributors to the aging population problem,as parents and parents-to-be feel reluctant to give birth and raise more than one or even any children.Using an interdisciplinary approach,i.e.,cognitive science,psychology,behavioral economics,and urban studies,this paper examines a new city model of"parent-friendly city,"where urban design serves the needs of caregivers,effectively creating a perception that cities are friendly places for raising children.First,we identify that caregivers'needs are characterized by two major factors:provision:parents want to provide for their children,such as providing places for play and learning,and@restoration:parents want to restore things that they lack due to childcare responsibilities,such as lack of rest and interaction with other adults.Second,we offer cognitive-based design principles that can work powerfully and effectively to fll both needs.Third,using real case studies from cities in China and around the world,we illustrate how these design principles work,even reversing caregivers'perception from negative to positive.Ultimately,thoughtful urban design can support parents in raising children,making cities into partners in parenthood.
文摘Based on the interpretation of the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative(CFCI),this paper empirically demonstrates an effective action mechanism for building child-friendly communities in the policy context of multi-party co-construction by taking urban communities in Changsha as a longterm practice base.Through analyzing the characteristics of roles and action mechanisms of participants in three different types of child-friendly communities,namely Fengquan Gujing Community,Xingfuli Community,and Baziqiang Community in Changsha,it finds that social forces,such as the community Party organization,enterprises,universities,social organizations,elementary and secondary schools of the community,and mass organizations,are"participants"in building child-friendly communities and mobilizing residents(including children).In addition,the three necessary conditions for building a child-friendly community are"core guideline,""awareness consensus,"and"action coordination."All parties involved need to act together based on one platform,with one party playing a central role in connecting the top and the bottom and integrating resources.Among the three communities which have benefited from Changsha’s child-friendly city policy environment,Fengquan Gujing Community stands out in terms of the effectiveness of multi-party co-construction by giving full play to the central role of the community Party organization and the university’s role in improving awareness consensus.
