Intersectoral collaboration is required to address urban health and housing challenges in African cities. Lessons from urban stakeholders in Douala, Cameroon.
Australian pilot study finds a Healthy Urban Transition Tool can assess the liveability of urban environments and assist in transitioning neighborhoods towards improving the social determinants of health and health equity.
Public spaces in universities target skateboarding through hostile architecture and security. Hostile designs exclude skateboarding as a novel form of physical activity. Maybe ‘just’ urban design guidelines can produce more inclusive and diverse public campus spaces.
With new advances in public participation Geographic Information Systems and the increasing use such these tools for participatory mapping of various spatial data, urban designers need to understand the usefulness of these tools in investigating micro-scale physical characteristics of urban settings.
A study of mid to older adults in Brisbane, found that people living in disadvantaged areas were more likely to be lonely. This was partially explained by levels of residential density.
This comparative study of 10 cities across the globe aims to understand the major factors that drive the sprawl conditions and their impact on the outer edges of the cities. Land is a very potential natural resource that has been exploited over the past few decades. Migration of people in search of better living conditions has led to the formation of cities, which are deemed to provide better quality of life. However, the rate of influx has become very high, leading to saturation in cities and forcing people to move towards the outskirts.
Walking is a forgotten aspect of urban communication. Walking provides places of interaction and is revealing of the relationship between citizens and politics.
Looking at city water features as therapeutic blue urban spaces. Based on the architectural redesign of a water fountain in Valetta Malta. We studied its restoration and conservation to understand its potential influence as a therapeutic blue urban space in the public realm.
How will COVID19 change our relationship with public space and the future of city design? We outline the key ways in which city planning and the design of public space may change as a result of the COVID19 pandemic.