Children in urban space: making child friendly cities

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 108, March 2014:

This issue highlights the concept of a "Child Friendly City" and outlines the key pre-requisites to make child friendly city by documenting the experiences and expertise of organizations and individuals that have strived towards this ideal.

The content includes: (i) Making Child Friendly Cities through School Safety: A Case Study; (ii) Child Friendly Schools in India; (iii) SAARC Framework for Care, Protection and Participation of Children in Disasters; (iv) Building Child Friendly Cities: A Framework for Action; (v) Child Friendly Spaces: A Healthy Environment for Children in Emergencies; (vi) Campaign Against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in U.P.: Leads by NDMA; (vii) Early Intervention Programmes for Children and Disaster Risk Reduction; (viii) Lessons from Typhoon Haiyan Response (ix) Children as 'Active Agents' in Climate Change Adaptation; (x) Khadija Khatun–An Agent of Change for Climate Change Adaptation; (xi) Earthquake-Proof Table for Schools; (xii) Towards Child Friendly Education.