The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors commissioned an insight report on ‘Cities, Health and Well-being’. The report explains how urban environments can affect both health and wellbeing in different settings.
Readers will find the following topics:
- An introduction to health in cities, including key urban health trends of increasing chronic diseases and physical inactivity
- An overview of urban environment factors that affect health
- International examples of urban planning policies and new development that have integrated health considerations
- A comparison and overview of building standards that relate to health, particularly the WELL Building Standard and Fitwel
- Discussion of the financial value and cost of achieving healthy places
- A set of top tips for getting started (aimed at built environment professionals).
Pineo, H., Rydin, Y., 2018. Cities, health and well-being. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London.