How can we reduce car dependency in Belfast? Developing collaborative solutions
Belfast has very high levels of car use. Working with stakeholders we tried to understand what factors influence this. System wide factors, such as financial models for transport, a collective car-orientated mindset and car dominated road infrastructure, have the strongest influence on individual behaviour.
Creating healthier cities: How jogger preferences can guide urban planning!
A case study in Tokyo reveals how road width, green spaces, and local amenities influence joggers’ route selection, drawn from extensive data analysis. These insights hold significant implications for urban planning strategies, advocating for city designs that prioritize exercise and outdoor activities.
How do we achieve more effective housing policy for health?
The foundation is to generate awareness and evidence of existing housing conditions and their health impacts. Then collaborate across sectors and with stakeholders, establish effective enforcement systems, and tackle issues around private rights.
Effects of residential environment greenness on stress
Urban greenness affects people’s physical and mental health. Residential greenness is associated with reductions in cortisol levels after six months in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing rehabilitation.
Do urban residents in Saskatchewan, Canada, support changes in their cities to promote healthy eating and physical activity?
To create healthy urban places and spaces, public acceptance is key to success.
Urban health policy ideas in planning Sydney’s Western Parkland City
Seven key urban health policy ideas were found in the planning of Sydney’s Western Parkland City that draw upon different ontological perspectives. This case study prompts policy actors and researchers to reflect on their own assumptions, and others’ underlying assumptions to better understand where and how collaborations should occur.
Links between teenage mental health and urban design quality: Using ecological momentary assessment
Urban environments influence mental health and development of younger populations. This study explores associations between adolescent mental health indicators and design characteristics. Implications include recommendations for planners and urban designer to promote psychological well-being.
Expert and lay judgments of pathogen transmission risk using visible cues
How do people conceptualize pathogen transmission risk in cities using visible cues?
Neighbourhood green spaces and wellbeing among universities students in England during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and the switch to online learning impacted the life of university students. We looked at wellbeing in relation to use of greenspaces during the 3rd ‘lockdown’ in England.
Did neighbourhood amenities affect youth mental health during the pandemic?
Canadian youth who had better mental health during the first summer of the pandemic tended to also have more nearly local neighbourhood destinations.