Russian cities in the context of "Child friendly cities"

Abstract

In modern social practice, one of the tools for assessing the development of the city and the degree of well-being of the population living in it is the social initiative UNISEF «Child friendly cities». It emerged as a result of the rapid spread of urbanization and the intensive growth of the urban population. The criteria for determining the development of a prosperous city are based on the identification of the quality of life of urban children. The article presents the results of a study conducted by the sociological survey of residents of Russian cities to meet their habitat criteria of «child-friendly». The questionnaire showed that cities with a steady population growth (numbering from 500 thousand to 2,000 thousand people) showed the highest number of high estimates of the degree of comfort in the city, the work of the city authorities in guiding and organizing the life of cities, the activities of their social institutions in the interests of the family and children.