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Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing

Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

Published
Publication date17/09/2020
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages256
Edition1st
ISBN (electronic)9780429470684
ISBN (print)9781138600775, 9781138600782
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing draws on original research that brings together dimensions of cities we know have a bearing on our health and wellbeing – including transportation, housing, energy, and foodways – and illustrates the role of design in delivering cities in the future that can enhance our health and wellbeing. It aims to demonstrate that cities are a complex interplay of these various dimensions that both shape and are shaped by existing and emerging city structures, governance, design, and planning. Explaining how to consider these interconnecting dimensions in the way in which professionals and citizens think about and design the city for future generations’ health and wellbeing, therefore, is key. The chapters draw on UK case and research examples and make comparison to international cities and examples.