The present study examines differences in the social play of toddlers from four communities. Fourteen children, between the ages of 12 and 24 months, from four cultural communities (San Pedro,…
…to increased competition over affordable housing, the inadequacy of the existing infrastructure and services, and competition over limited employment opportunities. In light of these challenges, UNHCR and UNHabitat conducted an…
Hack Our Play (HOP) is Singapore’s first participatory, community-built play space. It is an initiative that lets children, educators, and parents co-create their very own play space, from start to…
The numbers are staggering: according to a recent report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are currently an estimated 65.3 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide (UNHCR…
This systematic review draws on data around displacement to low- and middle-income countries, providing evidence for individual, family, community, and societal risk and protective factors that affect displaced children’s mental…
Despite renewed enthusiasm for participatory design it continues to be appropriate to question how it is conceived. Given the plurality and diversity of participatory design, and of the different communities…
…Commission for Refugees) to be the best among the thirty kinds of transitional shelter constructed in Ampara district. Save the Children’s shelters met international criteria for disaster relief housing; they…
Disasters are not just the result of extreme natural events but are also affected by complex governance scenarios, social vulnerability, existing infrastructure, and housing reconstruction policies. This paper is an…
The research intention is to spread a new design culture conceived expressly for children, which shall be able to communicate to them using their languages. The project is dedicated to…
This book is a “toolbox” for rural-development stakeholders and professionals – extension workers, advocates, community leaders, researchers – who wish to improve and systematise community participation in projects and initiatives….
…This handbook aims at contributing to disaster response reconstruction programmes that not only rebuild the physical living environment but that strengthen the capacity of communities to regain control of their…
…complaints, and psychological distress. In 2003, 120 (79%) of the initial participants reported on their posttraumatic stress, general health, body mass index (BMI), and sleep quality. Results indicated a direct…
…their relationships with host communities and governance institutions and their specific vulnerabilities as compared with other urban residents. Likewise, there is poor documentation and analysis of the role of humanitarian…
…in Boulder, Colorado, the Boulder Valley School District, the Children, Youth and Environments Centre at the University of Colorado, and a number of community organizations have been working in partnership…
This guide provides a detailed and comprehensive collection of tools and strategies to be used in Participatory Design and co-design sessions. The field of Participatory Design (PD) has grown rapidly…
The expansion of participatory design, from a Scandinavian workplace context, to also include the public sphere, communities and developing countries, has led to a high diversification of participants. However, these…
…UNHCR published a series of evaluations of urban refugee operations in various countries. UNHCR’s Asia Bureau recently completed a regional analysis of urban refugees in nine of the countries they…
…terrorism. Conceptual advances are reviewed in terms of prevailing risk and resilience frameworks that guide basic and translational research. Recent evidence on common components of these models is evaluated, including…
…The fourth section is the core of the document. It describes the components to integrate participation into a project’s cycle. For each component, a series of questions is proposed to…
This article compares how Syrian refugee children experience inclusion or exclusion in schools systems in Sweden, Germany, Greece, Turkey and Lebanon. The authors conclude that schools that include refugee children…
Over one billion children under the age of 18 live in countries affected by armed conflict. This systematic review replicates an earlier study, aiming to provide a comprehensive update of…
…main cities where land prices are so expensive, common practice has prioritized the use of land in real estate development, thus trumping other uses such as public and communal spaces….
…a blank spot on the map. The initiative has since expanded into a full community information and media project that uses tools like mapping, SMS, blogging and video to give…
…linked to their physical and social characteristics formed during socialism and their decline in status in Hungary and Latvia. The Western European practice of urban rehabilitation and community initiatives has…
DeCID: Co-designing social infrastructure with children affected by displacement is a project led by The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (UCL) and CatalyticAction, and funded by UKRI through the Global Challenges Research Fund.