Our streets could be vibrant places for everyone, but cars often take priority, especially over children’s safety. Streets for Kids: Urban Spaces for Children to grow offers insights and tools to design streets that prioritize kids with safe crossings, play areas, and green spaces.
Enrol now to help create a city where children can thrive!
- Understand how the current car-focused design of streets impact the health and quality of life of kids and caregivers.
- Become aware of the phases of childhood and how these translate into different streets uses and needs.
- Learn how to (re)design streets for children but also for communities in general and how to successfully implement them.
Modules
4 modules
Recommended schedule
1 - 2 days
Total length
2 hours and 30 minutes
Instructor
Carlota Saenz de Tejada
Carlota Saenz de Tejada is a Postdoctoral Researcher at ISGlobal Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative. With a background in Architecture and Urban Planning, she has participated in several national and international projects on housing and health, informal settlements, and on urban planning strategies for health and resilience; collaborating, among others, with the Barcelona Provincial Council, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
She is a collaborating professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in the Official Master's Degree in Planetary Health, and actively participates in training and scientific outreach activities.
About the Course
Free & Paid options
You can access and participate in the course for free. If you want to earn a certificate upon completion, you can purchase it. The certificate will be accessible only once the course is successfully completed. Read more here.
Ratings and Reviews
Sheena King
I took this course as I am a mother of a toddler and live in a urban area where we are currently learning to navigate the streets - I wanted to learn more how our streets can be adapted to better ensure my daughter's safety - even as a citizen. I found the course really informative, with some key topics explored in an interesting way.
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The course is very well designed, with right visuals to support the learning experience, embedded videos by the industry experts, the references where required to explore the topic for more details, and it gives a few opportunities for interactive exercises too. I like the depth of scope—why it is important to design streets for kids, how we can do it, the impact analysis and measurement plans.