Let children plan neighborhoods for a sustainable future: a sustainable child-friendly city approach

GIS-based intelligent planning approach of child-friendly pedestrian pathway to promote a child-friendly city

“…The concept of CFC played a significant role in fostering the satisfaction of children within neighborhoods. This involved ensuring easy access to a safe and clean environment, essential amenities and services, educational opportunities, green spaces, and the opportunity for children to forge new friendships and engage in play within a secure setting 28 , 32 . These factors were succinctly summarized as follows.…”

“…An integral aspect of child-friendly urban planning revolves around the careful selection of engaging locations that align with children’s interests, ensuring they are safe, healthy, comfortable, and convenient 29 , 30 . To truly capture the essence of a child-friendly city, it requires public spaces equipped with appealing facilities for children to play, including specific sites that, although not explicitly identified by children, manifest as their own 31 , 32 . Prior research often neglects choosing places that truly interest children—a critical oversight in creating child-friendly cities.…”

“…As urban areas continue to evolve, the need for child-friendly spaces becomes increasingly crucial. Incorporating AI into the planning process allows for a more nuanced understanding of children's needs, preferences, and requirements 32 , 44 . AI can analyze vast amounts of data to identify optimal locations for playgrounds, safe pedestrian pathways, and other child-centric spaces 45 .…”

Sustainable community development: Integrating social and environmental sustainability for sustainable housing and communities

“…Community resources are required by people of all ages, and partnership approaches to co-design and regenerate community facilities are more likely to result in spaces, which are used by all. There is quite a lot of focus on children and older people in these approaches, within the literature on child and age-friendly cities (e.g., Brown et al, 2019;Brüchert et al, 2021;Manouchehri & Burns, 2021;Nasrabadi et al, 2021;Zakirova & Bilalova, 2021). Young people are relatively neglected in some locations, where they are viewed as problematic.…”

“…Young people are relatively neglected in some locations, where they are viewed as problematic. However, participatory approaches where they co-design space can have very positive results, including engaging them in the local community (Nasrabadi et al, 2021). For example, a Natural Step approach to the regeneration of a run-down, deprived housing estate in Stockholm made considerable efforts to engage teenagers, previously viewed as one of the social problems in the area.…”