Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Boyko, Christopher T.; Dunn, Nick; Cooper, Rachel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book draws on original research bringing 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429894466
• Artikelnr.: 59936997

Autorenporträt

Christopher T. Boyko is a 50th Anniversary Lecturer in Design at Lancaster University. He explores critical connections between urban design and behaviour, informing both design practice and policy. He has undertaken research on the relationship between wellbeing, sharing, and neighbourhoods for the Liveable Cities project; urban density and decision-making processes on Urban Futures; and urban design decision-making process and sustainability for VivaCity2020. He is currently working on the Remembering Resistance project, focussing on activism and public space. Rachel Cooper OBE is Distinguished Professor of Design Management and Policy at Lancaster University. She was a Lead Expert for the UK Government Foresight programme on the Future of Cities, and the Academy of Medical Sciences addressing 'the health of the public 2040'. She is now on the Expert Steering Group for the UK Partnership for Prevention Research and a UK representative on the ICSU Scientific Committee for Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment. Nick Dunn is Professor of Urban Design and Executive Director of Imagination, the design research lab at Lancaster University, UK. He is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Social Futures, exploring new ways to envision and analyse the futures of people, places, and planet. He has authored numerous books, journal articles, and commissioned reports. Nick's expertise on cities, design, futures, and health has led to curated exhibitions and keynotes around the world.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. What do City Dwellers Want for Themselves and their
Cities? Implications for Planning Liveable Cities 3. Mobilities for
Wellbeing: Hedonism or Eudaimonism? 4. Transport and Wellbeing in the
Future City 5. Nature's Contribution to Health and Wellbeing in the City 6.
Energy, Wellbeing and Cities 7. Design for Food and Wellbeing in Future
Cities 8. Future-Proofing Residential Environments for Children's
Wellbeing: A Review of Evidence and Design Implications 9. From Precarity
to Interdependence: The Role of Age-friendly Communities in Promoting
Wellbeing in Excluded Communities 10. Buildings for Health, Cities for
Wellbeing 11. Health, Wellbeing and Urban Design 12. Making Space for
Culture and Wellbeing in the City 13. Directions for Change in Technology
and Wellbeing in the City 14. Work, wellbeing and the city 15. Designing
Future Cities for Wellbeing: Summary of Implications for Design Index