Designing Healthy and Liveable Cities - Creating Sustainable Urban Regeneration

Aim of this book is, after the definition of the field of investigation concerning sustainable regeneration trough topics such as resilience, adaptation, health and mixed connections, to illustrate the present-day approaches to the analysis and design of healthy places, and in particular the original Healthy Pl@ce Design method.

List of contents

Introduction. PART I: Sustainable Urban Regeneration. 1: Holistic Approach. 2: Resilience and Adaptation. 3: Healthy Urban Places. 4: Mixed Connections. 5: Indicators. PART II: Mapping Healthy and Liveable Places. 6: 15-Minute City.  7: Flexible City. 8: Soft City. 9: Smart City. PART III: The Healthy Pl@ce Design Method. 10. Analysis. 11. Design. 12. Healthy Place App. 13. Indices. 14. Observation. PART IV: Case Studies. 15. Bordeaux. 16. Copenhagen. 17. Dublin. 18. Hamburg. 19. Madrid. 20. Newcastle-Gateshead. 21. Nice. 22. Vancouver. 23. Wuhan. Conclusion: Principles of Urban Health and Liveability Design. References.

About the author

Marichela Sepe is a researcher with the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean of the Italian National Research Council in Naples, Italy. She joined the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II in 2003, where she serves as a contract professor of urban planning. Sepe is on the Steering Committee of the Italian Institute of Urban Planning and European Urban Research Association and is a member of the International Committee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites, and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement and of the Urban Design Group.

Summary

Aim of this book is, after the definition of the field of investigation concerning sustainable regeneration trough topics such as resilience, adaptation, health and mixed connections, to illustrate the present-day approaches to the analysis and design of healthy places, and in particular the original Healthy Pl@ce Design method.

Product details

• Authors: Marichela Sepe, Marichela (Sapienza Universita DI Roma) Sepe, Sepe Marichela
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2022
• EAN: 9780367566425
• ISBN: 978-0-367-56642-5
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sustainability, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Landscape art & architecture, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Urban & municipal planning, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography, Urban communities, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Landscape architecture and design, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design, Civil engineering, surveying and building