Healthy Urbanism: Designing and Planning Equitable, Sustainable and Inclusive Places [Paperback]

The globally distributed health impacts of environmental degradation and widening inequalities require a fundamental shift in understandings of healthy urbanism. This book redefines the meaning and form of healthy urban environments, urging planners and design professionals to consider how their work impacts population health and wellbeing at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The concepts of equity, inclusion and sustainability are central to this framing, reversing the traditional focus on individuals, their genes and lifestyle choices to one of structural factors that affect health. Integrating theory and concepts from social epidemiology, sustainable development and systems thinking with practical case studies, this book will be of value for students and practitioners.

1 Introducing healthy urbanism.- 2 Shifting priorities for healthy places.- 3 A framework for healthy urbanism.- 4 Planetary Health.- 5 Ecosystem health.- 6 Local Health  Neighbourhood Scale.- 7 Local Health  Building Scale.- 8 Practicing Healthy Urbanism.- 9 Looking to the future.

This book contributes to current knowledge and research by reframing urban health through the THRIVES framework. & the framework and narrative make it an excellent starting point both for readers new to the subject and for professionals and practitioners who wish to design healthier urban environments. Researchers will find this book offers a robust theoretical foundation and examples that can guide future research in urban health and sustainability. & For policymakers, the book serves as a comprehensive guide & . (Buildings & Cities, buildingsandcities.org, June 19, 2024)

Helen Pineo is Associate Professor in Healthy and Sustainable Cities in the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London, UK.

 

Through the lenses of equity, inclusion and sustainal/