Child Friendly Cities Research with children in Kyzylorda Final Kyzylorda Report 2015 Table of Contents Summary of Results __________________________________ 3 Background _________________________________________ 4 Children’s Research Results ___________________________ 9 Ecological domain – a clean and healthy child friendly city _____________ 9 Cultural domain - a learning and playful child friendly city _____________ 13 Economical domain - an equitable child friendly city __________________ 16 Political Domain - a secure and participatory child friendly city ________ 18 Conclusions ________________________________________ 24 Copyright 2015 Citation details: Malone, K. (2015) Child Friendly Cities: Researching with children in Kyzylorda, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown, NSW, Australia. If you would like any information about this report please contact the author: Professor Karen Malone Centre for Educational Research, University of Western Sydney Mobile 0407352864
[email protected] www.childfriendlycities.com www.childfiendlyasiapacific.net UNICEF Child Friendly Cities Initiative 2 Summary of Results Kyzylorda City Kyzylorda is in the western region of Kazakhstan with a cold desert climate of hot summers and cold winters. It has a population of around 188,000 people. In modern times it has been known for its oil and gas fields and production of rice, while historically it was one of the centers of the Silk Road. The city is on the Syr Darya River, which is one of the rivers that use to flow into the Aral Sea, before it was diverted to irrigate the desert, therefore contributing to the drying up over time of the Aral Sea. Some of the older children were also concerned the issues around the drying up of the Aral Sea.