Creating Urban and Workplace Environments for Recovery and Well-being: New Perspectives on Urban Design...

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Stephan Pauleit Michael Kellmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)

Creating Urban and Workplace Environments for Recovery and Well-being

New Perspectives on Urban Design and Mental Health

Stephan Pauleit, Michael Kellmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany), Jürgen Beckmann (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

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Routledge
30 December 2024

City & town planning - architectural aspects; Social, group or collective psychology; Personal & public health; Urban & municipal planning

Series: Advances in Recovery and Stress Research

This essential book offers suggestions for how cities and spaces can be planned and designed to reduce the impact of stress, provide opportunities for recovery, and promote the resilience of individuals in urban communities.

Connecting research from different scientific disciplines, the book provides a broader perspective of creating healthy lifestyle in society. It focuses on mental health and well-being by exploring how urban and workplace environments can be created to enhance and promote recovery. Divided into three parts, the book begins by investigating the multi-dimensional challenges of planning and design for stress reduction and recovery in urban areas. Part 2 concentrates on the design of residential and working environments, including commuting between the two, while Part 3 considers how neighbourhoods and entire cities contribute to or obstruct stress reduction, recovery, and well-being. The book concludes by demonstrating how the insights from the book can be implemented in practice to create restorative and inclusive environments. Bringing together leading experts, the book offers an interdisciplinary perspective for increasing well-being in urban developments.

The book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in related fields, including environmental psychologists, urban planners, architects and landscape architects, healthcare staff, and policymakers.

Edited by: Stephan Pauleit, Michael Kellmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany), Jürgen Beckmann (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032564272
ISBN 10: 103256427X
Series: Advances in Recovery and Stress Research
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 30 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephan Pauleit is Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management at Technical University of Munich, Germany. Michael Kellmann is Professor of Sport Psychology at the Faculty of Sport Science at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He is also Honorary Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland, Australia. Jürgen Beckmann is Professor of Sport Psychology, Emeritus of Excellence, at the School of Medicine and Health at Technical University of Munich, Germany. He is also Honorary Professor in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland, Australia.

Reviews for Creating Urban and Workplace Environments for Recovery and Well-being: New Perspectives on Urban Design and Mental Health

“Based upon the intertwined concepts of human recovery and urban resilience, this important and insightful book shows how well-planned and well-designed urban environments can support our health and resilience. I appreciate the broadening of the focus to include not only living environments but also those environments where we work and commute. Nature and biodiversity are key to environments that promote recovery, resilience and wellbeing, as shown by many of the excellent contributions by leading experts. I can highly recommend this book to all of us who are helping to shape better urban environments.” Dr Cecil Konijnendijk, Director, Nature Based Solutions Institute, Sweden