Restorative Cities

Jenny Roe is Mary Irene DeShong Professor of Design & Health and Director of the Center for Design & Health in the School of Architecture, University of Virginia. An environmental psychologist and former head of Landscape Architecture for an international architectural practice, she has written extensively on restorative environments including for the World Health Organization and The Lancet.Layla McCay is Director of the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health, London. A psychiatrist and public health specialist, she is co-editor of Urban Mental Health and managing editor of the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health; she features regularly in a wide range of print and broadcast media, from The Financial Times to BBC Question Time.

• List of IllustrationsPreface Acknowledgements1. Introduction to Restorative Urbanism2. The Green City3. The Blue City4. The Sensory City5. The Neighbourly City6. The Active City7. The Playable City8. The Inclusive City9. The Restorative CityReferencesIndex

[A]n inspiring, educational, and succinct tour of the intersection of applied psychology, urban planning and design, and public health ... Restorative Cities: Urban Design for Mental Health and Wellbeing is both prudent and empowering ... Readers of the book are left with what feels like an accessible and modern handbook about how to envision and create humane urban settings that tend to the many psychosocial factors that matter now – and will for generations to come.