List of figures and tables List of acronyms and abbreviations Notes on contributors Foreword Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Claire Cameron 2 Conceptualising urban childhood as part of broad and deep local eco-systems: towards a multi-disciplinary framework Deniz Arzuk and Claire Cameron Part I: Place 3 Places to play in Bradford Amanda Seims and Sally Barber 4 Reclaiming streets for the health, wellbeing and safety of children Adriana Ortegon, Nicola Christie, Sarah O'Toole, Sophia Arthurs-Hartnett, Lisa Dowling, Kimon Krenz and Rosemary McEachen Part II: Provisioning 5 Unequal family lives in the inner-city: poverty and financial insecurity amidst a cost-of-living crisis Amy Barnes, Sian Reece and Kate Pickett 6 Inequality challenges for parents and governments in providing economic security for pre-school urban children: lessons from COVID-19 Margaret O'Brien, Katie Hollingworth, Hanan Hauari and Sarah O'Toole 7 Maternal mental ill health and child health and wellbeing: hidden struggles and emerging hope in Bradford and East London Josie Dickerson and Halima Iqbal Part III: Infrastructure 8 Housing and children's wellbeing in crowded inner cities: intersections with housing quality and stakeholders' perspectives in London Marcella Ucci, Laura Nixon, Kristoffer Halvorsrud, Nicole Christie and Jessica Sheringham 9 Inequalities on a plate? Children's voices from urban school food environments Natalia Concha, Meredith K.D. Hawking, Liina Mansukoski, Carol Dezateux and Maria Bryant 10 Sharing early education and care of under threes: an invisible group? Claire Cameron, Siew Fung Lee, Eva Lloyd and Dea Nielsen 11 Community-centred asset-based approaches towards 'a happy and healthy childhood' Naomi Mead, Jamie Eastman, Pratima Singh, Sultana Begum Rouf and Kelda Holmes 12 Conclusions: urban childhoods for today and tomorrow Claire Cameron, Deniz Arzuk, Natalia Concha and Nicola Christie Index.