WHAT IS GOOD URBANISM?

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-251
Author(s):  
Nan Ellin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Appreciative Inquiry ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Health And Well Being

Across the globe, we are currently undergoing a paradigm shift that is fostering a felicitous turn in urban design, place-making, and community building. This “good urbanism” begins with appreciative inquiry and engages in meaningful co-creation, enabling us to envision best possibilities and rally resources to realize them. Good urbanism adds a few instruments to our planning and design toolkits that enhance the health and well-being of places and move beyond sustainability to prosperity.

scholarly journals Cesarean Section Epidemic: Coping Strategies Adopted in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Ferreira D’agostini Marin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cesarean Section ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Cesarean Sections ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
Strategic Measures ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Child Health

In this article, we discuss the strategic measures adopted in Brazil to reduce the high rates of cesarean sections. We present specific programs for both public health and supplementary health and for improving maternal and child health. We hope that these governmental initiatives, coupled with a paradigm shift in the Brazilian society regarding childbirth and women's health, will reduce cesarean section rates in the short and medium run, leading to positive outcomes for maternal and children's health and well-being.

Reimagining Rural: Shifting Paradigms About Health and Well-Being in the Rural United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Afifi ◽  
E.A. Parker ◽  
G. Dino ◽  
D.M. Hall ◽  
B. Ulin
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Rural Places ◽  
Health And Well Being

Rural health disparities have attracted increased national attention, compelling an expanded focus on rural health research. In this manuscript, we deconstruct the definitions and narratives of “rural” communities and suggest that a paradigm shift is needed that centers the complexity and strength of rural places. We discuss the relevance of health equity frameworks, implementation science, and community-engaged approaches to promote rural well-being. Focusing on rural in its own right will lead to intervention innovations and reinvention with implications beyond rural areas. We conclude with suggestions for research and practice to inspire renewed interest in partnering with rural communities to promote health equity. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Public Health, Volume 43 is April 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

scholarly journals Window View and the Brain: Effects of Floor Level and Green Cover on the Alpha and Beta Rhythms in a Passive Exposure EEG Experiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo ◽  
Nicolas Escoffier ◽  
Jane Chan ◽  
Tan Puay Yok
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Floor Level ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Green Cover ◽  
Important Interaction ◽  
Health And Well Being

With the growing interest among researchers, practitioners, and urban decision makers in the influence of the built environment on peoples’ health, there is increasing emphasis on using scientific knowledge to inform urban design, including methods of neuroscience. As window views are the most immediate medium of visual connection with one’s neighbourhood, we surmised that the quality of this view would have an impact on the mental health and well-being of urban dwellers. Accordingly, we investigated how window views taken from different floors of a high-rise block with varying extents of green cover affected 29 healthy residents in an exploratory electroencephalography (EEG) experiment. The results showed that the amount of green cover within the view captured at different floor levels can cause an important interaction effect on the frontal alpha and temporal beta brain oscillations while participants view photographs. These results suggest that the brainwave patterns commonly associated with positive emotional states, motivation, and visual attention mechanisms may be increased by the extent of green cover within the view. This phenomenon seems more pronounced on the higher than lower floors. The observed findings at this stage cannot confirm major effects between floor level, green cover, and brainwaves, however, they emphasize the importance of considering the quality of window views in the planning and design of urban high-rise neighbourhoods. Having a green window view can potentially contribute to the mental health and well-being of urban dwellers.

Future urban design strategies for health and wellbeing

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivy Shiue
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Health And Well Being

Purpose – Contemporary urban design has tried to account for the satisfaction of the human experience and climate change which might encompass several disciplines. However, from a methodological perspective, a systematic research approach is still lacking. Therefore, this paper aims to propose a universal research method embedded into early urban design phase with an example. Design/methodology/approach – A case study was used under the concept of DIDID Action Plan, which was proposed to integrate systematic research into urban design projects in the early phase with a focus on health and well-being. Moreover, design mapping skills tackling health risks at the population level were discussed. Findings – This proposal of DIDID Action Plan has provided inclusive steps for future urban design projects with a systematic approach, in particular for health and well-being aspect. DIDID denotes five planning stages, namely, dream, initiation, design, implementation and delivering. With the advancement of urbanisation and technology, more emphasis would be placed on health and well-being to delay chronic diseases by targeting risk contributors and to increase citizens’ quality of life and human life experience, although stopping the breakout of unexpected communicable diseases and disasters would also need to be considered from time to time as well. Practical implications – Systematic research to be integrated into early urban design phase could potentially avoid issues such as re-design and save manpower time and costs. Originality/value – This proposal is the first to provide a universal research method for early urban design phase with a focus on health and well-being.

scholarly journals Research on the evolution of urban design from the perspective of public health under the background of the COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092199659
Author(s):  
Hanmao Liu ◽  
Po H Wang
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Healthy City ◽  
City Model ◽  
Deep Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Health And Well Being

There is a deep relationship between urban design and public health, and the urban built environment plays an important role in shaping human health and well-being. Globally, under the influence of the COVID-19, the interdisciplinary research between the two disciplines has once again attracted attention. From the perspective of public health, the origin of the relationship between the disease and urban design was traced, and the urban epidemic prevention in the “isolation-quarantine-epidemic prevention-traceability” epidemic was discovered response to the changing process. In response to frequent epidemics, it is proposed that urban design needs to return to a healthy city model oriented by public health and public health needs. While promoting the layout of urban epidemic prevention, it actively develops coping strategies for interdisciplinary collaborative research, in order to provide new insights and thinking for urban development research.

scholarly journals Teaching method: ‘Integrative urban design game’ for soft urban regeneration

Spatium ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 57-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatjana Mrdjenovic
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Urban Planning And Design

Urban regeneration is challenged by contradictory process of globalization. This double-sided process can enrich local communities or leave them at margins of global society. Regarding globalization, most authorities claim that urban planning and design are in paradigm crisis. The crisis is an announcement for paradigm shift that is in contemporary theoretical and conceptual frameworks. They give hope for the ?light at the end of the tunnel?. Their common groundings are: ?soft and hard infrastructure?; ?agencies and structures?; ?power to?; ?new rationality?, ?common sense?; ?communicative action?; and ?integrative development?. The purpose of the research is to discuss possibilities of teaching method ?Integrative urban design game? for soft urban regeneration, elaborating it with respect to the crisis in specific context of building bridges among academia and local communities regarding various teaching approaches. The method was innovated at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade and tested in Bac community. The hypothesis is that the method provides soft infrastructure for urban regeneration in local communities. The research will result in a form of principles the game should be grounded on, using participative mimicry model of present and future place for overcoming paradigm crisis. Methodological approach is based on theoretical comparison, case study, and questionnaires among stakeholders.

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