City health check - how design can save lives and money

Publication Year

2013

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Examines how architects and urban designers can play a role in promoting better health. Shows the role that design can play in creating healthier cities, focusing on the shared urban areas which people use on a daily basis, and reveal how physically healthy activities such as walking can be encouraged through the design of those areas.

Author

Roberts-Hughes, R.

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