Healthy Placemaking

In modern-day society themain threats to public health are now considered ‘avoidable illnesses’, whichare often caused by a lack of exercise and physical activity. Research suggests that architectural and urbandesign strategies play an important role in reducing the amount of avoidableillnesses by enabling physical activity through healthier streets. Practitioners mustnow consider how they can encourage people to leadhealthier lifestyles and improve health through urban design.This book presents the path tohealthier cities through six core themes - urban planning, walkablecommunities, neighbourhood building blocks, movement networks, environmentalintegration and community empowerment. Each theme is presented with an overviewof the issues, the solutions and how to apply them practically with exemplarsand precedents. It's an essential text that provides practitionersacross urban design, architecture, master planning with the necessary knowledgeand guidance to understand their role in producing healthier places and put itin to practice.