Restorative Cities

urban design for mental health and wellbeing

Jenny Roe (University of Virginia, USA), Layla McCay

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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
07 October 2021

City & town planning - architectural aspects

Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home just

how much urban design can affect our mental health – and created an imperative to seize this opportunity.

Restorative Cities explores a new way of designing cities, one which places mental health and wellness at the forefront. Establishing a blueprint for urban design for mental health, it examines a range of strategies – from sensory architecture to place-making for creativity and community – and brings a genuinely evidence-based approach that will appeal to designers and planners, health practitioners and researchers alike - and provide compelling insights for anyone who cares about how our surroundings affect us. Written by a psychiatrist and public health specialist, and an environmental psychologist with extensive experience of architectural practice, this much-needed work will prompt debate and inspire built environment students and professionals to think more about the positive potential of their designs for mental well-being.

By: Jenny Roe (University of Virginia USA), Layla McCay
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 592g
ISBN: 9781350112889
ISBN 10: 1350112887
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 07 October 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction to Restorative Urbanism 2. The Green City 3. The Blue City 4. The Sensory City 5. The Neighbourly City 6. The Active City 7. The Playable City 8. The Inclusive City 9. The Restorative City References Index

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.

Reviews for Restorative Cities: urban design for mental health and wellbeing

A welcome, timely and important addition to the existing healthy urban planning literature ... Restorative Cities provides the evidence, the inspiration and a call to action. Now we have to act. * Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health * More than ever, we need the places where we live, work and play to support our mental health. For those creating the built environment, Restorative Cities offers deep health expertise translated into the practical strategies that respond to today's demand for cities that prioritise their residents' health. * Joanna Frank, President & CEO, Center for Active Design * Post-Covid 19, cities must be equitable and sustainable, and people should live more healthily and happily. Restorative Cities shows how we can do this, by focussing urbanism on mental health and wellbeing. * Gil Penalosa, Founder and Chair of 8 80 Cities, Ambassador for World Urban Parks *