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<p>As cities and urban population continue to grow, causing serious threats to public health, the development of health-affirming urban landscapes becomes even more important topic than ever before. The purpose of this paper is to answer the question which qualities of urban landscape make it the health-affirming landscape. In the first part of the paper, a concept of health-affirming landscapes and a modern approach to sustainable city design are examined. In the second part, the qualities of health-affirming urban landscape according to theories and research are discussed. The tools, which might be applied to urban design to create health-affirming landscapes are reviewed. The conclusions concern the need and possibilities to create health-affirming landscapes. The need for further research on impact of such landscapes on health and well-being of city dwellers is indicated.</p>
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As cities and urban population continue to grow, causing serious threats to public health, the development of health-affirming urban landscapes becomes even more important topic than ever before. The purpose of this paper is to answer the question which qualities of urban landscape make it the health-affirming landscape. In the first part of the paper, a concept of health-affirming landscapes and a modern approach to sustainable city design are examined. In the second part, the qualities of health-affirming urban landscape according to theories and research are discussed. The tools, which might be applied to urban design to create health-affirming landscapes are reviewed. The conclusions concern the need and possibilities to create health-affirming landscapes. The need for further research on impact of such landscapes on health and well-being of city dwellers is indicated.

Health-Affirming Everyday Landscapes in Sustainable City. Theories and Tools

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment

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As cities and urban population continue to grow, causing serious threats to public health, the development of health-affirming urban landscapes becomes even...

Health-Affirming Everyday Landscapes in Sustainable City. Theories and Tools

Published Online: Apr 04, 2019

Page range: 41 - 52

Received: Feb 02, 2018

Accepted: Aug 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-037

Keywords
Health-affirming landscapes, Therapeutic landscape, Sustainable city, Health and well-being, Tools

© 2018 Monika Trojanowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Health-Affirming Everyday Landscapes in Sustainable City. Theories and Tools

Published Online: Apr 04, 2019

Page range: 41 - 52

Received: Feb 02, 2018

Accepted: Aug 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-037

KeywordsHealth-affirming landscapes, Therapeutic landscape, Sustainable city, Health and well-being, Tools

© 2018 Monika Trojanowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Health-affirming landscapes, Therapeutic landscape, Sustainable city, Health and well-being, Tools