Cities for Children: Children's Rights, Poverty and Urban Management

ISBN-13: 9781853834707 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str.

Sheridan Bartlett; New Y Roger (Children's Environmental Research Center Hart

Opis

Urban authorities and organizations are responsible for providing the basic services that affect the lives of urban children. This book helps them understand and respond to the rights and requirements of children and adolescents. It looks at the responsibilities that authorities face, and discusses practical measures for meeting their obligations.

Spis treści

Part One, Understanding Children's Rights and Development: The Convention on the Rights of the Child * Children's Development * Stable Families * Part Two, Working for Urban Children's Rights: Prenatal and Birth Environments * Housing for Children * Community Health * Neighbourhoods for Children * Child Care * Schools * Working Children * Street-based Children * Juvenile Justice * Part Three, Governance for Children's Rights: The Context of Local Government * Practical Implications for Local Government * Resources * Bibliography * Index