A new tool for understanding neighbourhood-level drivers that impact health
There are so many neighbourhood-level drivers that impact our health that making sense of all the data can be difficult. This tool helps us understand how the drivers and the data fit together and, importantly, what is most important to the health of our neighbourhoods.
Comparing walking environment in Madrid and Philadelphia using multiple sampling methods
We compared cross-city differences in the walking environment in Madrid and Philadelphia as a case study
Developing livable cities: Do we have what it takes?
How do we develop liveable cities? Researchers in St. Louis surveyed multiple disciplines to see what skills we need to make future places healthy, equitable, and enjoyable for all.
Bad architecture and poor planning are risk factors for tuberculosis
In resettlement colonies of Mumbai, tuberculosis is rapidly spreading due to the poor natural ventilation and sunlight access. This is because of bad designing and layout of the buildings, even where guidelines have been followed. The paper suggests a change in the norms of building resettlement colonies so as to match with that in the National […]
Comparing worldwide health and wellbeing across six cities in three continents
Innovative and fun-like native trees restoration for millennials in Kano, Nigeria
Going by the current trends of urbanisation in Africa, it is necessary to seek new ideas to improve ecology, human health, and well-being. ‘MR CITY’ is an innovative lab in Beyero University, Kano, Nigeria, for millennials with promising ideas on how to recreate urban greenery and the biophilic. Importantly, ‘MR CITY’ Lab seeks to guide policymakers to achieve […]
Understanding how to change behaviour to improve the rewilding of urban private gardens
City residential streets offer an opportunity to give back to nature, making changes to make them a habitat for wildlife. Our study investigated the behaviour of rewilding urban private gardens.
Designing, building and managing aged care facilities: A new approach grounded in biophilic design
Rain waterfalls, patterns of dappled light, and visual connections with nature. The Walumba Elders Centre (Warmun Community, Western Australia, 2014). Photographer Peter Bennetts
The Jerusalem Railway Park: ‘Greening Our Backyard’
Our Jerusalem Railway Park study addressed the needs of those aged 55 in disparate communities, with long-term implications for physical and mental health, and community vitality.
Connecting Land. A transdisciplinary workshop to envision a nature-connecting habitat
Envisioning a socially and ecologically sustainable human habitat: Connecting Land.