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Children in an urban world / edited by Abid Aslam & Julia Szczuka.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The State of the World's Children 2012Publisher: New York : UNICEF, 2012Description: ix, 142 pages : illustrations, (color.) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789280645972 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.7 CHI 23 DS0635
Contents:
Chapter 1 Children in an increasingly urban world An urban future Poverty and exclusion Meeting the challenges of an urban future Chapter 2 Children's rights in urban settings An environment for fulfilling children's rights Health Child survival Immunization Maternal and newborn health Breastfeeding Nutrition Respiratory illness Road traffic injuries HIV and AIDS Mental health Water, sanitation and hygiene Education Early childhood development Primary education Protection Child trafficking Child labour Children living and working on the streets Chapter 3 Urban challenges Migrant children Economic shocks Violence and crime Disaster risk Chapter 4 Towards cities fit for children Policy and collaboration Participatory urban planning and management Child-Friendly Cities Non-discrimination Nutrition and hunger Contents note continued: Water, sanitation and hygiene Child protection Housing and infrastructure Urban planning for children's safety Safe cities for girls Safe spaces for play Social capital Cultural inclusion Culture and arts Technology Chapter 5 Uniting for children in an urban world Understand urban poverty and exclusion Remove the barriers to inclusion Put children first Promote partnership with the urban poor Work together to achieve results for children Towards fairer cities PANELS Social determinants of urban health Slums: The five deprivations Definitions The Convention on the Rights of the Child The Millennium Development Goals Agents, not victims Armed conflict and children in urban areas FOCUS ON Urban disparities Maternal and child health services for the urban poor: A case study from Nairobi, Kenya Mapping urban disparities to secure child rights Contents note continued: Helpful strategies in urban emergencies Women, children, disaster and resilience Urban HEART: Measuring and responding to health inequity The Child-Friendly Cities Initiative: Fifteen years of trailblazing work Upgrading informal settlements in Jeddah The paucity of intra-urban data PERSPECTIVE Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan Out of sight, out of reach Amitabh Bachchan Reaching every child: Wiping out polio in Mumbai Eugen Crai A world apart: The isolation of Roma children ATD Fourth World Movement Youth Group, New York City Speaking for ourselves Tuiloma Neroni Slade Pacific challenges Jose Clodoveu de Arruda Coelho Neto Building children's lives to build a city Ricky Martin Trafficked children in our cities: Protecting the exploited in the Americas.
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Chapter 1
Children in an increasingly urban world
An urban future
Poverty and exclusion
Meeting the challenges of an urban future
Chapter 2
Children's rights in urban settings
An environment for fulfilling children's rights
Health
Child survival
Immunization
Maternal and newborn health
Breastfeeding
Nutrition
Respiratory illness
Road traffic injuries
HIV and AIDS
Mental health
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Education
Early childhood development
Primary education
Protection
Child trafficking
Child labour
Children living and working on the streets
Chapter 3
Urban challenges
Migrant children
Economic shocks
Violence and crime
Disaster risk
Chapter 4
Towards cities fit for children
Policy and collaboration
Participatory urban planning and management
Child-Friendly Cities
Non-discrimination
Nutrition and hunger
Contents note continued: Water, sanitation and hygiene
Child protection
Housing and infrastructure
Urban planning for children's safety
Safe cities for girls
Safe spaces for play
Social capital
Cultural inclusion
Culture and arts
Technology
Chapter 5
Uniting for children in an urban world
Understand urban poverty and exclusion
Remove the barriers to inclusion
Put children first
Promote partnership with the urban poor
Work together to achieve results for children
Towards fairer cities
PANELS
Social determinants of urban health
Slums: The five deprivations
Definitions
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Millennium Development Goals
Agents, not victims
Armed conflict and children in urban areas
FOCUS ON
Urban disparities
Maternal and child health services for the urban poor: A case study from Nairobi, Kenya
Mapping urban disparities to secure child rights
Contents note continued: Helpful strategies in urban emergencies
Women, children, disaster and resilience
Urban HEART: Measuring and responding to health inequity
The Child-Friendly Cities Initiative: Fifteen years of trailblazing work
Upgrading informal settlements in Jeddah
The paucity of intra-urban data
PERSPECTIVE
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan Out of sight, out of reach
Amitabh Bachchan Reaching every child: Wiping out polio in Mumbai
Eugen Crai A world apart: The isolation of Roma children
ATD Fourth World Movement Youth Group, New York City Speaking for ourselves
Tuiloma Neroni Slade Pacific challenges
Jose Clodoveu de Arruda Coelho Neto Building children's lives to build a city
Ricky Martin Trafficked children in our cities: Protecting the exploited in the Americas.

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