By 2050, the global urban population is set to nearly double and 70% of the world's children will live in cities. How do we make sure this urban growth is as healthy, sustainable, and liveable as possible? This question is at the heart of a new book by author and children's play advocate Tim Gill. Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities is a handbook for policy makers, local authorities, planners, architects, and designers, which argues for putting children at the centre of urban planning processes and sets out how this can be achieved.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00175-9

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