The child-friendly cities concept in China: A prototype case study of a migrant workers’ community

Xinkai Wang; Aya A.N. Elkhouly; Prasenjit Shukla; Wenwen Jiang; Xiupeng Zhang; Qianxi Zhang; Shanshan Wu; Mindong Ni; Shuying Fan; Zeynep Günay; Jens Aerts

doi:10.1177/00208728221143648

The child-friendly cities concept in China: A prototype case study of a migrant workers’ community

Xinkai Wang
, Aya A.N. Elkhouly
, Prasenjit Shukla
, Wenwen Jiang
, Xiupeng Zhang
, Qianxi Zhang
, Shanshan Wu
, Mindong Ni
, Shuying Fan
, Zeynep Günay
, Jens Aerts

Department of Architecture and Built Environment

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The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) initiatives of Child-Friendly Cities have operated in more than 3000 cities around the world. However, the concept of making the city child-friendly has not been extensively recognized in China. This article aims to report a regeneration project in a migrant workers’ community, the Mingdong, and is used to illustrate the reactions of residents to youth participation (youth civic engagement) and the project through an international workshop. The article concludes with a discussion of how social workers help in the social development of migrant communities by promoting youth participation, community social awareness and social cohesiveness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119-135
Number of pages	17
Journal	International Social Work
Volume	67
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728221143648
Publication status	Published - Jan 2024

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Child-friendly cities
civic engagement
community social awareness
Mingdong community
social cohesiveness
social development
young planning professionals
youth participation

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science

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