Public health and well-being in public open spaces through climate responsive urban planning and design

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Tavares, Silvia G.
Sellars, David
Mews, Greg
Dupré, Karine
Cândido, Christhina
Towle, Simon
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2020
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The urban fabric enables people to move between climate-controlled environments (such as home and indoors work) and non-controlled ones (such as parks and beaches). The planning and design of urban spaces, on the other hand, largely define the way we live and affect our health as it can, for instance, promote or hinder active lifestyles and social cohesion (Owen, 2009; Speck, 2012). But even when the cities have compact built form and provide key features and infrastructure conducive to healthy lifestyles, local climate can indirectly dictate and restrict the use of public open spaces if the weather is prohibitive (Tavares & Swaffield, 2017). Climate responsive urban planning and design is, therefore, key to secure a healthy urban lifestyle (Barton, Thompson, Burgess, & Grant, 2015; Kent et al., 2017; Mouratidis, 2017) especially in light of frequency and severity of extreme weather events.

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The Journal of Public Space

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5

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2

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© The Author(s) 2020. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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Architecture

Urban and Regional Planning

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Tavares, S; Sellars, D; Mews, G; Dupré, K; Cândido, C; Towle, S, Public health and well-being in public open spaces through climate responsive urban planning and design, The Journal of Public Space, 2020, 5 (2)

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