Very excited to be a keynote speaker at the next Triennial conference #IPAGlasgow2023 ipaglasgow2023.org/keynote-speake
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Sudeshna Chatterjee
@SudeshnaACE
Urbanist, researcher, author, keynote speaker, environmental designer, mother, child friendly cities advocate. Founder Action for Children's Environments (ACE).
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“actually how you regulate small business and spaces changes everything about the emotional color palette that your city can paint with.”A new book reveals why small businesses and low-rise neighborhoods continue to thrive in Tokyo
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Delighted to be speaking at the 22nd IPA conference in Glasgow in June 2023! The IPA conferences are fantastically cross-sectoral, and certainly among the most joyful in the world! Do attend. #play #childrights #children #publicspace #ipaglasgow2023 linkedin.com/posts/sudeshna
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Jeffrey Tumlin, the head of San Francisco MTA, once tweeted, “I’m a childless man, and the city I’d most like to live in is one designed by women for the benefit of children.” lnkd.in/dYyQZDJU
And I can’t agree more! #children #place #women #urbanplanning #childfriendly
Sharing my thoughts on urbanization in the global South and improving cities for children in this important global platform
🔗Read the blog here: lnkd.in/eP-gEnyz
#urbanization #childfriendlycity #childrenandplanning
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I look forward to reading this edited volume 
@GRIPInequality with rich analysis on #socialinclusion of #children and #adolescents in LMICS - edited by @SudeshnaACE @AlbertoMinujin and Katie Hodgkinson - and the whole thing is available open access!
gripinequality.org/publication/le
@GRIPInequality with rich analysis on #socialinclusion of #children and #adolescents in LMICS - edited by @SudeshnaACE @AlbertoMinujin and Katie Hodgkinson - and the whole thing is available open access!
gripinequality.org/publication/le
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Hot off the press! COVID - 19 and Vulnerable Urban Children:
A Rapid Assessment of UNICEF’s Early Response to COVID-19
in Urban Settings in Brazil, India, and Spain. Can be downloaded for free till June 12 at journals.uc.edu/index.php/cye/
In 2011 when I designed Play-on-Wheels to reach the narrowest streets of Indian cities with a hand-pushed play cart just as a street vendor would, I had no idea there is an indigenous version of that operational in old Delhi!
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I brilliant article echoing my own sentiments and judgment of the planning and architecture of Chandigarh—a city whose public realm lacks human scale, social inclusion, walkability, climate and cultural responsiveness.
Thank you all for joining us today! Wonderful discussions which have left us with new thoughts and hope for the future #SDGbergen22
Read about “Leaving No Child and No Adolescent Behind” here👉gripinequality.org/publication/le
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Starting in about 5 minutes! Excited to be presenting the book Leaning No Child and No Adolescent Behind!
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GRIP’s #SDGbergen22 session “Leaving No Child and No Adolescent Behind”. W/ Thomas George @Cities4Children, Enrique Delamónica @UNICEF, @SudeshnaACE, @MinujinAlberto & Marguerite Daniel @UiB will start 13:30! We hope to see you there @IIECP @globalcoalition @ISC @ThomasPogge
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Excited to be speaking on the global principles and guidance of public spaces for children at the training session organized by on January 26 to help Wuhan city become more #childfriendly.
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Wow Frank Gehry taught architecture and city design to kids before becoming a starchitect! #architecture #kids #citydesign #teaching
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So proud of fellow Delhiite and social entrepreneur for winning the #earthshot prize. We are also residents of the same local area in Delhi that produced a Nobel laureate as well!
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Join us for these webinars discussing the 2020 UNICEF urban evaluation on Oct 5 & 6. Excellent panels drawn from , , and will discuss what’s at stake for children in urban settings.
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So excited to be mining amazing data and insights from 76 guidance, 72 expert responses to our survey and 60 case studies from 29 countries for shaping the Global Principles and Guidelines on Public Space for Children! #publicspace #childfriendlycity
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#ClimateChange has already impacted every region on earth. The new @IPCC_CH #ClimateReport reveals striking evidence of unprecedented #GlobalWarming the world is experiencing already: ow.ly/rkVK50FNgyf
🚙 A net zero future calls for emission reduction using clean #tech and then burying remaining emissions using carbon capture and storage or carbon sequestration.
Think nature-based solutions, green spaces.
Time to act is now
#climatechange #urbanization #sustainability #future
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IPCC Assessment Report on Climate Change by Working Group 1 is out.Top three worrisome findings:
🐻❄️ Arctic is likely to be ice-free in September at least once before 2050.
🔥 There will be increases in “fire weather” in many regions.
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@"Play in public space and city design - Guest post by Sudeshna Chatterjee"linkedin.com/pulse/play-pub on
A wonderful comic book by ISGlobal "Redrawing Barcelona" redrawingbarcelona.isglobal.org tackling issues of impact of air pollution, noise and sedentary lifestyles, as well as the consequences of urban planning.
#urbanplanning #climatechange #environment #children
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I will be speaking at the Public Space Biennale in Rome this evening on children and public space #children #urbanchildhood #publicspace
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A great editorial in about the state of affairs in India #stateelections #pandemic #powergames facebook.com/photo.php?fbid
Great piece on the future of the many parklets that have cropped up during the pandemic. And why we need to embrace this transformative urban change when the notion of spatial freedom is no longer car-centric.
#publicspace #urbanplanning #urbanhealth
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On Jane Jacob’s 105th birthday sharing this wonderful resource: Jane Jacobs vs. The Power Brokers | The Nib #urbanplanning #liveablecities
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IPA is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2021. To commemorate this milestone, is bringing out a book “Children’s play as human right”. Please help us by taking this short survey. Do share.
forms.gle/avYuWtFabZ9aCd
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Great to see this publication from #UNICEF "The Necessity of Urban Green Spaces for Children's Optimal Development". Delighted to see many of my experiences of working with children spotlighted as case examples
#urbanchildhoods #environment #sustainablecities #righttoplay
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So proud of your work on reimagining human-centred cities and streets! facebook.com/photo.php?fbid
This formative evaluation mapped UNICEF’s urban programming in 72 countries. Detailed case studies of best practices of the three key urban programming approaches of UNICEF in select countries include Belize, Brazil, the Philippines, Spain and Syria.
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On this international women’s day, very proud to share the first global evaluation of UNICEF work for children in urban settings completed by an all women team! Honored to have led the team and worked alongside fabulous consultants Samantha Cocco-Klein, Beryl Oranga & Diana Sera.
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Play is on the front page of : there has never been a more urgent moment to talk about the importance of play in our children's development, and how we can assist carers.
My story with words by
theinitium.com/article/202102
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