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EURA Conversation #50
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Conversation #50
HEALTHY PLACE-MAKING AND HUMAN WELLBEING
by Jo Zhou, University of the West of England, UK
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Health is not only the absence of disease or infirmity but also a sense of physical, mental, and social wellbeing. The way in which the living environment is designed influences inhabitants’ well-being. Unfortunately, the search for leverage points to enable better connections between wellbeing and the configuration of the built environment is messy (Richardson et al., 2020). This is happening against the backdrop of the recent Covid-19 pandemic, which has exerted more stress on human wellbeing, stimulating greater discussions about how exactly new urban settlements should be designed to deliver healthy living environment to promote individuals’ wellbeing in post-pandemic planning... Read more
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