ABSTRACT

Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing draws on original research that brings 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. It aims to demonstrate that cities are a complex interplay of these various dimensions that both shape and are shaped by existing and emerging city structures, governance, design, and planning. Explaining how to consider these interconnecting dimensions in the way in which professionals and citizens think about and design the city for future generations’ health and wellbeing, therefore, is key. The chapters draw on UK case and research examples and make comparison to international cities and examples.

This book will be of great interest to researchers and students in planning, public policy, public health, and design.

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|14 pages

Mobilities for Wellbeing

Hedonism or Eudaimonism?

chapter 8|17 pages

Future-Proofing Residential Environments for Children’s Wellbeing

A Review of Evidence and Design Implications

chapter 9|17 pages

From Precarity to Interdependence

The Role of Age-Friendly Communities in Promoting Wellbeing in Excluded Communities

chapter 14|10 pages

Work, Wellbeing and the City

chapter 15|11 pages

Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing

A Summary of Implications for Design