ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates the importance of thinking and practicing beyond place, in supporting the wellbeing of children living in cities. It introduces the settings approach to health promotion, highlighting how the concept of settings has been widely misunderstood within health promotion. The chapter provides a brief outline of the 'new mobilities paradigm' to demonstrate why movement matters to people's wellbeing. The chapter also introduces two practice insights in health promotion contexts with Indigenous and new immigrant populations, highlighting both the challenges that come with an under-appreciation of the mobilities of people's lives, as well as the opportunities of a mobilities perspective for improved practice. It situates the mobilities of wellbeing within a normative theoretical position that espouses children's right to the city, suggesting that it is the city itself that needs to be positioned more centrally in health promotion theory and practice.
