Resources

Resources for building a family friendly Oakland

Oakland! We can make our city more family-friendly by learning from others who have prioritized families in their planning decisions. Here are some resources we've collected to help give us a head start.

Oakland Resources

Tracking the Oakland downtown development pipeline and production history by bedroom counts

OUSD - Blueprint for Quality Schools Background Report, Summer 20017

Oakland Fund for Children and Youth - Demographic Profile

OUSD - Strategic Reginal Analysis 2015-2016, April 2016

A Roadmap Toward Equity: Housing Solutions for Oakland, California, PolicyLInk 2015

Map of Family Friendly Oakland

Is Oakland Planning for Families?

Other Cities Leading the Way

Here's what happened when the city of Boulder let their kids design their city. (Feb 2018)

City of Toronto Growing Up: Planning for Children in New Vertical Communities Draft Urban Design Guidelines, May 2017 (7 min radio interview w/summary)

Family-Sized Housing An Essential Ingredient to Attract and Retain Families with Children in Seattle

San Francisco Planning - Housing for Families with Children (Jan 2017)

Achieving Child-Friendly Infill Development in Austin’s Early Suburbs Sustainable Neighborhoods Public Policy Committee Third Revision – August 2013

Special Joint Study Session Report to the Emeryville City Council and Planning Commission on Multi-Unit Residential Development (May 2015)

Emeryville’s Family Friendly Design Guidelines and Bonus program

Emeryville Discussion of proposed regulations, incentives and guidelines, May 2015

Excerpt from the City of Seattle's report on Family-sized housing

Emeryville Jan 2011 Study Session: Fostering Child-Friendly Housing and Creating a Family-Friendly City

The case for family friendly housing for artists and Family Friendly Artist Housing examples

Ideas From Around the World

Cities Alive: Designing for Urban Childhoods - Dec 2017 - By ARUP. Through 40 global case studies, 14 recommended interventions and 15 actions for city leaders, developers and investors and built environment professionals, the report shows how we can create healthier and more inclusive, resilient and competitive cities for us to live, work and grow up in.

Global Age-Freindly Cities: A Guide - 2007 World Health Organization

Age Friendly Cities Checklist - This checklist based on the results of the WHO Global Age-Friendly Cities project consultation in 33 cities in 22 countries.

How to Design a Family-Friendly Urban Home - Tips from Vancouver blog, This City Life.

Small Children, Big Cities: Building Smart Child-Friendly Cities for 21st-century India - Summary of a 2014 conference – organized by the Bernard van Leer Foundation

Excerpt from the City of Emeryville's Family Friendly Design Guidelines

Taking Action for Child Friendly Places: Strategic Approach & Action Plan for Belfast - June 2016
This action plan is based on extensive engagement with children across Belfast and aims to begin a process of creating Child Friendly Places in Belfast by responding to the priorities they identified.