URBAN95

Summary

If you could experience the city from 95 com – The height of a 3-Year-old – What would you change?

This is the core question Urban95 seeks to answer on behalf of the babies, toddlers and caregivers who rarely have a voice in city policy, planning or design. We do this by helping city planners, urban designers, and other urbanists understand how their work can influence child development.

Background and Objective

Urban95 is a global initiative that supports the healthy development of young children growing up in cities. These include: Tel Aviv, Tirana, Boa Vista, Istanbul, Lima, Recife, Udaipur, Pune, Jordan / Azraq, Bogota, Sao Paolo, Aracaju, Fortaleza, Campinas, Jundiai, Pelota, Illheus, Crato, Brasileia, Ubirata, Niteroi, Caruaru, Piura, Amsterda , Bhubaneswar. We work together with city leaders, planners, designers, advocates, communities to bring a child-lens to every layer of city decision-making to improve access to quality services, sustainable mobility and vibrant public places. We are driven by a simple question: If you could experience the city from 95cm – the height of a 3-year-old – what would you change?

Region

Latin America and the Caribbean

Award Scheme

Others

Themes

Planning & Design

Youth & Livelihoods

Climate Action Solution Category

Resilience 4 Cities

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Goal 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

New Urban Agenda Commitments

Related Best Practices