Public health and well-being in public open spaces through climate responsive urban planning and design

Active Lifestyles ◽

Controlled Environments ◽

The urban fabric enables people to move between climate-controlled environments (such as home and indoors work) and non-controlled ones (such as parks and beaches). The planning and design of urban spaces, on the other hand, largely define the way we live and affect our health as it can, for instance, promote or hinder active lifestyles and social cohesion (Owen, 2009; Speck, 2012). But even when the cities have compact built form and provide key features and infrastructure conducive to healthy lifestyles, local climate can indirectly dictate and restrict the use of public open spaces if the weather is prohibitive (Tavares & Swaffield, 2017). Climate responsive urban planning and design is, therefore, key to secure a healthy urban lifestyle (Barton, Thompson, Burgess, & Grant, 2015; Kent et al., 2017; Mouratidis, 2017) especially in light of frequency and severity of extreme weather events.

Public Health and Well-being in Public Open Spaces through Climate Responsive Urban Planning and Design

The Journal of Public Space ◽

10.32891/jps.v5i2.1290 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Well Being ◽

Open Spaces ◽

Planning And Design ◽

Health And Well Being ◽

Multifunctional public open spaces for sustainable cities: Concept and application

Facta universitatis - series Architecture and Civil Engineering ◽

10.2298/fuace190327012z ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 205-219 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jelena Zivkovic ◽

Ksenija Lalovic ◽

Milica Milojevic ◽

Ana Nikezic

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Urban Design ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Academic Disciplines ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Open Spaces ◽

Planning And Design ◽

The idea that multifunctional open spaces support sustainable urban development has been widely accepted in theory and intensively used in practice of urban planning and design. It is based on the assumption that multifunctional spaces bring a wider spectrum of environmental, social and economic benefits to urban areas. And yet, multifunctionality of space is still a vague and diffuse concept that needs further clarifications. Besides that, different academic disciplines understand and use this concept in different ways. This makes the application of the concept difficult to assess and manage in relation to different aspects of urban sustainability. Through the literature review, this paper analyses and compares how the concept of multifunctionality is used in various spatial disciplines (urban planning and design, landscape architecture) in order to better understand and relate its different dimensions, applications and expected benefits for sustainable development. Based on this, a new, relational and multidimensional conceptualisation of the multifunctionality of public open spaces is proposed for analysis and assessment of urban design solutions. It is further applied and discussed in relation to students projects from ?Ecological urban design studio? from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture, as visions for development of multifunctional public open spaces in modernist mass housing area of ?Sava Blocks? in New Belgrade, Serbia.

Handbook of Community Well-Being Research - International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life ◽

Delivering Community Well-Being from the Happy City Concept: A Practical Approach to Urban Planning and Design

10.1007/978-94-024-0878-2_23 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 435-452 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao ◽

Shao-Kuan Liu ◽

Balint Kalman ◽

Hsin-Chieh Cindy Lu ◽

Miaoqi Cai

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Well Being ◽

Practical Approach ◽

Planning And Design ◽

Urban Planning And Design

Fostering Interactions at Public Open Spaces. The Role of Physical Interface in Facilitating User Interactions in the UAE

The Journal of Public Space ◽

10.32891/jps.v6i1.1337 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 167-184

Author(s):

Arushi Malhotra ◽

Ranjana Dobriyal

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Social Life ◽

Arab World ◽

Tall Buildings ◽

Well Being ◽

Open Spaces ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

The Public ◽

Over the past few decades, the importance of public open spaces has been substantially increased due to rapid urbanization and developments. Likewise, cities and communities in the Arab world are also going through urban transformation; driven by the global context in which cities are being reshaped along with the modernization of urban planning themes. Over the last 15 years, Dubai has emerged as one of the world’s fastest growing cities. It has been associated with the desire to build tall buildings as a statement of modernity, globalization, and economic prosperity, which lead to a rapid growth in population. This expansion has caused many environmental and urban planning challenges. Hasty urbanization, demographic, and economic growth alongside land privatization process has progressively changed the nature and theme of public open spaces within the UAE which in turn creates a gap between social life and community urban planning. The regeneration of public open spaces in cities of the UAE is a major issue as multiple factors must be taken into consideration during the design stages. This paper aims at understanding the role of physical interface of the public open spaces in context of UAE and its transformation over the years. These spaces act as a catalyst which accelerate this transformation of urban scenario and there by citizens life. Open places play an important role for bringing people closer and act as a socio-cultural entity for the sake of improving social life and interactivity. Social well-being arises from a sense of security, belonging, familiarity, support, cohesion, and integration of social groups, based on respect for different cultures, traditions, and backgrounds. Hence this research analyzes the influence of such tangible and intangible elements in the public open spaces, through which the social interaction happens and offers unprecedented experience to the users, visitors and urban community alike.

Walkability as the key element of urban planning within the Healthy Cities concept (systematic review)

Health Care of the Russian Federation ◽

10.46563/0044-197x-2020-64-5-294-300 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (5) ◽

pp. 294-300

Author(s):

Nadezhda A. Vosheva ◽

Natalya N. Kamynina ◽

Ekaterina O. Korotkova ◽

Dmitriy V. Voshev

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Well Being ◽

Development Planning ◽

World Health ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Healthy Cities ◽

The Past ◽

Planning And Design ◽

Urban Planning And Design

The purpose of the study. The purpose of this work is the exploration and generalization of scientific researches on walkability to determine its advantages as an element of public policy in human-centered cities. Over the past fifty years, the world community has actively discussed the issue of healthy and sustainable urban development planning, which has gained particular relevance with the recent World Health Organization publication of the “Healthy Cities: An Effective Approach to a Rapidly Changing World” concept (2020). One of the Healthy Cities approach goals is to promote healthy urban planning and design centered on human well-being (unlike prevalent in the past vehicle orientation), and the main component of such planning is pedestrianization or walkability. The systematic reviews and meta-analyses reporting method (PRISMA) were used in the review. The search was carried out in the bibliographic databases Elibrary, PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, Google Scholar. The study of the structure, types, and relationship between pedestrianization and the type of urban planning revealed the global advantages of creating walkable areas, such as maintaining the physical, mental and social health of citizens, increasing social capital, and improving the city’s ecological and economic atmosphere. Conclusion. Thus the promoting walkability was concluded to be a public policy as a relatively simple and highly effective way to benefit in the short, medium, and long term. This fact ultimately makes pedestrianization one of the most important tools for healthy urban planning and design.

Prevention of crime. Urban planning and design

10.3403/19984211 ◽

2006 ◽

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Planning And Design ◽

Prevention Of Crime

Social Evaluation of Public Open Space Services and Their Impact on Well-Being: A Micro-Scale Assessment from a Coastal University

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13084372 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4372

Author(s):

Abdullah Addas ◽

Ahmad Maghrabi

Keyword(s):

Open Space ◽

Environmental Changes ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Well Being ◽

Social Evaluation ◽

Open Spaces ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Public Open Space ◽

The Impact ◽

Public open spaces services have been shown to be profoundly affected by rapid urbanization and environmental changes, and in turn, they have influenced socio-cultural relationships and human well-being. However, the impact of these changes on public open space services (POSS) remains unexplored, particularly in the Saudi Arabian context. This study examines the socio-cultural influence of POSS on the King Abdulaziz University campus, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the impact of these services on well-being. A field survey and questionnaire were used to collect data. Non-parametric tests (Kruskal–Wallis and Mann–Whitney tests) were used to find significant differences in the importance of POSS as perceived by stakeholders based on socio-demographic attributes. Factor analysis was performed for 14 POSS to identify those that are most important. The study showed that (i) university stakeholders are closely linked to services provided by public open spaces (POS) and dependent on POSS, (ii) there were significant differences in the perceived importance of POSS according to gender, age, and social groups, and (iii) 70 to 90% of stakeholders reported POSS as having a positive impact on well-being. Thus, the findings will help design and plan POSS to meet the needs of society and promote well-being.