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In her urban planning and engineering architecture studies Elisabeth learnt very little about youth development and terms like inequity.
From working experiences in different countries and cultures, she fully realized how the city environment impacts the wellbeing of its citizens.
Youth and their wellbeing too often fall through the cracks of city planningand management.
We live in an urbanising world, unprecedented
in scale and speed, with the largest number of youth in history. Youth will shape our collective future, starting right now. So, we urgently
need to intentionally improve how we design our cities, neighbourhoods and public spaces to nurture the wellbeing and healthy development of all of today’s youth, also empowering them for the pressing changes to our planet and societies. Elisabeth is passionate about how we can create more liveable cities and neighbourhoods in a fast urbanising world.
She pushes the boundaries between urban planning
and critical themes such as social equity, gender, youth development and climate change to co-create integrated and inclusive planning and sustainable development for all.
She brings over 20 years of experience: architecture, integrated urban planning in Belgium, France, Switzerland; with UN-Habitat, sustainable development, disaster risk reduction in Vietnam and management of post-conflict programmes and establishment of a new strategic planning system in Kosovo; development of a regional capacity building Instrument addressing housing, informal settlements with governments and South-East Europe partners; regeneration of West Bank historical centres; and design of a Foundation’s strategy for cities to support healthy child development.
She is Belgian, living in the Geneva area with
her family. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
How to design cities to empower youth | ELISABETH BELPAIRE | TEDxGeneva