Why read Restorative Cities?

Book cover of Restorative Cities: Urban Design for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Book description

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…

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Urban planning

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Design

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Why read it?

1 author picked Restorative Cities as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Sara Jensen Carr

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I didn’t discuss mental health in my own book, simply because the topic so vast and nuanced it really needs a book of its own. Luckily, it’s comprehensively discussed in this new volume, with chapters such as “The green city,” “The active city,” and “The playable city.” There are several concrete examples here from the authors’ own research into “neurourbanism,” or the application of neuroscience to urban design and planning, which are fascinating to read. An overarching theme, which I have found in my own research as well, is that the more access everyone has to nature and parks, the…

From Sara's list on creating, building, and thinking about healthier places.