Press
“Children see and experience our cities at shorter heights, with fresher eyes and absorbent minds. It is our job as city planners and adults to incorporate a child’s perspective into our thinking about the cityscape.”
Child-friendly City Planning: Kids Re-imagine The City
THE URBAN ACTIVIST
(Worldwide)
“The idea is not that I think the city should be exclusively for children – that’s not the point. My philosophy is that they’re the best barometer for how the city works.”
Children As Engaged – an interview with Aminah Ricks
CITIES PEOPLE LOVE
(Melbourne, Australia)
“These energized kids took to the streets to voice their thoughts on the cityscape that surrounds them daily. From two to seven years old, they shared their thoughts on what they like and dislike along Atlantic Avenue.”
Walk & Talk Tours Teach Kids City Planning
EMERGING CITY
(Brooklyn, USA)
“It is only through listening – really listening – to what Aminah calls society’s youngest ‘city-zens’ and putting them at the heart of urban planning processes can cities be transformed.”
Putting young ‘city-zens’ at the heart of urban planning
CHILD IN THE CITY
(Vienna, Austria)
“Children are shorter, and they go around cities in strollers or walking at slower paces, experiencing our shared environment up close, therefore they provide a marvelous thermometer of how well the city functions or not.”
Child-friendly city planning
CITYCISE
(Munich, Germany)
“A más de 5.000 kilómetros de distancia, en el corazón de Brooklyn, Aminah Ricks trabaja cada día en esa misma dirección. A través de su organización, Future Planners, esta arquitecta y planificadora urbana ayuda a los niños y niñas a “reimaginar” las ciudades. “
De Brooklyn a Somiedo: así trabajan los niños para reimaginar las ciudades
UNICEF – CIUDADES AMIGAS de la INFANCIA
(Madrid, Spain)
“Increase you child’s awareness of the city that surrounds them…”
5 Tips To Help Your Child “See” Their City
EMERGING CITY
(Brooklyn, USA)
“Any city that balances considerations for all its city-zens, including children, is a better, healthier and safer place.”
Helping Children Reimagine The City
CHILD IN THE CITY
(Harderwijk, Netherlands)
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