Health and well-being
Cities are concentrated nodes of multiple activities that generate economic benefits while also serving as platforms for social interaction. However, the dense conditions of cities can have negative impacts on human health and well-being due to a lack of green areas and concentrated environmental impacts such as the urban heat island effect, high concentrations of air pollutants, restricted access to sunlight, and noisy conditions.
This focus area examines the environmental conditions of cities and the health impacts on a wide range of residents, from children to the elderly. It also emphasises strategies to optimise how cities function to promote long-term health benefits. There is a shared understanding that a sustainable city must be a healthy city and there is a symbiotic relationship between human health and planetary health.
Selected projects
- ARIEL
- Andas frisk luft och höra fågelsång i en tät stad - hur kommer vi dit?
- Facilitating energy and noise simulations in the planning of urban densification
- Health promoting environments for an aging population – a register and GIS study to assess effects of urban green and low-noise neighborhoods on social service and nursing home use
- Sustainable outdoor living environments – systematic interdisciplinary studies of health effects and impact on social inequalities
- Planning and development of Collaborative Housing and Shared Housing as Intermediate Forms of Housing for promoting older adults' health and well-being
- Scaling Urban Regenerative Food Systems In Transition
- Rooms for aging—existential perspectives for better living environments
- particle-emission-prevention-and-impact-from-real-world-emissions
- Yggdrasil - The Living Nordic City
- Air pollution and cognitive health: The urban brain project
- Kultur mot segregation
- Social and environmental justice in 15 minutes - toolkit development for transition to urban sustainable neighbourhoods: JiM
Contacts
Anna Oudin
anna.oudin@med.lu.se
Kristoffer Mattisson
kristoffer.mattisson@med.lu.se