Restorative cities urban design for mental health and wellbeing
"Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced b...
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Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
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London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney
Bloomsbury VISUAL ARTS
2021
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Zusammenfassung: | "Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home just how much urban design can affect our mental health ? and created an imperative to seize this opportunity. Restorative Cities explores a new way of designing cities, one which places mental health and wellness at the forefront. Establishing a blueprint for urban design for mental health, it examines a range of strategies ? from sensory architecture to place-making for creativity and community ? and brings a genuinely evidence-based approach that will appeal to designers and planners, health practitioners and researchers alike - and provide compelling insights for anyone who cares about how our surroundings affect us. Written by a psychiatrist and public health specialist, and an environmental psychologist with extensive experience of architectural practice, this much-needed work will prompt debate and inspire built environment students and professionals to think more about the positive potential of their designs for mental well-being."-- |
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Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 254 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme |
ISBN: | 9781350112919 9781350112902 9781350112896 |
DOI: | 10.5040/9781350112919 |