This issue of Southasiadisasters.net, published by the All India Disaster Mitigation Group, outlines a few of the necessary factors and prerequisites needed to make a child friendly city. The experience and expertise of organizations and individuals that have worked toward this goal are presented in the form of specialized articles, each of which focuses on a unique facet of a child friendly city.  

Education, construction of schools, child protection and participation in disasters, early intervention programmes – these are some of the topics presented and addressed from the perspective of an child friendly urban environment.