[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-582494-105":59,"doc-detail-582494-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","proximity-of-care-a-new-approach-to-designing-for-early-childhood-in-vulnerable-urban-contexts","Proximity of Care - A New Approach to Designing for Early Childhood in Vulnerable Urban Contexts","","Proximity of Care presents challenges and opportunities for early childhood development across vulnerable urban settings, especially refugee and informal settlements. It highlights how the 0–5 experience is often overlooked in city design, despite being shaped by environments from a child’s 95cm viewpoint. Using specialized research, it explains the Proximity of Care approach for understanding young children, caregivers, and pregnant women, and outlines guidance aimed at decision-makers and planners to mainstream child- and family-friendly needs.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/proximity-of-care-a-new-approach-to-designing-for-early-childhood-in-vulnerable-urban-contexts/582494/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/proximity-of-care-a-new-approach-to-designing-for-early-childhood-in-vulnerable-urban-contexts/582494.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Margaret","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-09","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":19},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"Why is early childhood development critical in vulnerable urban contexts?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"The publication explains that the 0–5 experience has been largely ignored in city design, even though children in vulnerable settings face significant negative impacts on optimal development.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What does the Proximity of Care approach aim to achieve?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It helps better understand needs and constraints for young children, caregivers, and pregnant women in informal and refugee settlements, to improve living conditions and well-being.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How will the Design Guide influence urban planning and decision-making?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It is intended to be a practical tool that helps mainstream the needs of young children, caregivers, and pregnant women into projects, policy, and processes, profiling work as child- and family-friendly.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},582494,1792251872,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":19,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145,"preview_page_count":4},137451207643,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_3d24733baf745e90a7e4bdd5f77d97b2","Proximity of Care  \nA New Approach to Designing for Early Childhood in Vulnerable Urban Contexts  \n2  \nProximity of Care  \nA New Approach to Designing for Early Childhood in Vulnerable Urban Contexts  \nLead Authors  \nWilliam Isaac Newton Dr. Sara Candiracci  \nArup  \nContributors  \nJose Ahumada Siddarth Nadkarny Sachin Bhoite  \nArup  \nPatrin Watanatada Ardan Kockelkoren  \nBernard van Leer Foundation  \nDr. Nerea Amoros Elorduy  \nCreative Assemblages  \nThis document is a product of the collaboration between Arup and the Bernard van Leer Foundation.  \nWe are grateful for the input and advice of a range of internal and external contributors. Particular thanks are due to Patrin Watanata and Ardan Kockelkoren of the Bernard van Leer Foundation for their guidance and support.  \nContacts  \nDr. Sara Candiracci [sara.candiracci@arup.com](sara.candiracci@arup.com)  \nAssociate Director  \nInternational Development, Arup  \nCecilia Vaca Jones  \n[cecilia.VacaJones@bvleerf. nl](cecilia.VacaJones@bvleerf. nl)  \nExecutive Director  \nBernard van Leer Foundation  \nArup is an independent muti-disciplinary firm with more than 14,000 specialists working across every aspect of today’s built environment. Our mission to Shape a Better World is driven by our commitment to make a real difference, stretch the boundaries of what is possible, help our partners solve their most complex challenges and achieve socially valuable outcomes.  \nThe Arup International Development team partners with organisations operating in the humanitarian and development sector, to contribute to safer, more resilient and inclusive communities and urban settings in emerging economies and fragile contexts around the globe.  \nThe Bernard van Leer Foundation is an independent foundation working worldwide to inspire and inform large-scale action to improve the health and well-being of babies, toddlers, and the people who care for them.  \nThe Urban95 Initiative aims to improve, through urban planning, policy, and design, the way babies, toddlers, and the people who care for them live, play, interact with and travel through cities.  \nThe Urban95 Initiative asks a bold but simple question:  \n“If you could experience the city from 95cm-the height of a 3-year-old-what would you change?”  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction 4  \nWhy Early Childhood Development Matters 6  \nWhy an Early Childhood Focus in Vulnerable Urban Contexts 10  \nWhat we mean by 'Vulnerable Urban Contexts' 12  \nThe Proximity of Care Approach 24  \nBeneficiaries and their Needs 30  \nRecommendations: Household Level 44  \nRecommendations: Neighbourhood Level 46  \nRecommendations: City Level 48  \nWhat’s Next? 50  \nDefinitions 52  \nBibliography 54  \nEnd Notes 57  \nIntroduction  \nDespite the importance of early years to our personal and social development, the experience of 0-5 year olds has been largely ignored in the design of our cities.  \nIf we design and plan from their perspective- 95cm off the ground-the environments we create can include and bring together people of all ages.  \nJerome Frost  \nGlobal Cities Leader, Arup  \n4  \nThis publication presents the challenges and opportunities confronting early childhood development in vulnerable urban contexts, derived from specialised research by Arup and the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF).  \nThe data is clear: vulnerable urban areas such as refugee and informal settlements house a growing population in critical need, and the number and size of these areas will only increase in the coming decades.  \nWhile the specifics of these vulnerable areas vary, they consistently pose major challenges for children’s optimal development.1 Living in these contexts has particularly significant negative impacts on young children aged 0 to 5.2  \nAt present, governments, development and humanitarian organisations, and urban practitioners devote little attention to the specific needs of the 0-5 age group in projects aimed at improving conditions in informal and refugee settlements.  \nThis age group’s needs","cbCaiip7uU4TZhqZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiip7uU4TZhqZ","pdf",8187053,64,"English","# Introduction\n## Why Early Childhood Development Matters\n## Why an Early Childhood Focus in Vulnerable Urban Contexts\n## What we mean by 'Vulnerable Urban Contexts'\n## The Proximity of Care Approach\n## Beneficiaries and their Needs\n## Recommendations: Household Level\n## Recommendations: Neighbourhood Level\n## Recommendations: City Level\n## What’s Next?\n# Definitions\n# Bibliography\n# End Notes","[{\"question\":\"Why is early childhood development critical in vulnerable urban contexts?\",\"answer\":\"The publication explains that the 0–5 experience has been largely ignored in city design, even though children in vulnerable settings face significant negative impacts on optimal development.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the Proximity of Care approach aim to achieve?\",\"answer\":\"It helps better understand needs and constraints for young children, caregivers, and pregnant women in informal and refugee settlements, to improve living conditions and well-being.\"},{\"question\":\"How will the Design Guide influence urban planning and decision-making?\",\"answer\":\"It is intended to be a practical tool that helps mainstream the needs of young children, caregivers, and pregnant women into projects, policy, and processes, profiling work as child- and family-friendly.\"}]","Proximity of Care - A New Approach to Designing for Early Childhood in Vulnerable Urban Contexts | PDF",1792043560,161]