Pub Date : 2022-08-18DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2106771
A. Narayani, R. Nagalakshmi
ABSTRACT Land, a prime resource to sustain life is rapidly transforming due to human activity. Urban sprawl being one of them drives land use land cover changes. Though sprawl is predominantly discussed with reference to built-up area the rural-urban interface it is a highly potential zone for development. The paper aims to compare urbanization trends across global cities, undergoing significant changes in their peri urban landscapes. Industrialization, affordable housing, and transport infrastructure have been some of the key factors contributing to these sprawl conditions. The study will aid decision makers to consider the different dimensions in designing future sustainable cities.
{"title":"Understanding urban sprawl trends in peri urban regions across global cities - survey of case studies","authors":"A. Narayani, R. Nagalakshmi","doi":"10.1080/23748834.2022.2106771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2106771","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Land, a prime resource to sustain life is rapidly transforming due to human activity. Urban sprawl being one of them drives land use land cover changes. Though sprawl is predominantly discussed with reference to built-up area the rural-urban interface it is a highly potential zone for development. The paper aims to compare urbanization trends across global cities, undergoing significant changes in their peri urban landscapes. Industrialization, affordable housing, and transport infrastructure have been some of the key factors contributing to these sprawl conditions. The study will aid decision makers to consider the different dimensions in designing future sustainable cities.","PeriodicalId":72596,"journal":{"name":"Cities & health","volume":"26 1","pages":"492 - 504"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80843020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-03DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2097829
O. Babajide, L. Beňová, I. Abejirinde, E. Steegers, P. Waiswa, S. Galea, S. Abdalla
ABSTRACT Emerging trends show declines in maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity in urban populations might be slower than in rural areas in a variety of contexts. This is happening at a critical juncture in time when urban populations are rapidly increasing and might be partly driven by specifics of vulnerability of the urban poor in Low-income countries and High-income countries alike. Poor maternal and perinatal health outcomes are largely preventable but focusing solely on healthcare interventions misses critical opportunities to reduce ill-health. Social and environmental determinants such as poverty and the impact of climate change must be integrated into policy decisions, especially to benefit poor urban dwellers. Integrating data on the social determinants of health into policy decisions can help multisectoral stakeholders embrace a more Health-in-all-policy approach creating opportunities for better outcomes for these urban poor women and their offspring. We provide examples of two cities – Rotterdam and Kampala – to show that successful multi-sectoral approaches that can address urban maternal and perinatal inequalities should focus on interventions in which healthcare and non-healthcare determinants are integrated.
{"title":"Multisectoral approaches to addressing global urban maternal and perinatal health inequities","authors":"O. Babajide, L. Beňová, I. Abejirinde, E. Steegers, P. Waiswa, S. Galea, S. Abdalla","doi":"10.1080/23748834.2022.2097829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2097829","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Emerging trends show declines in maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity in urban populations might be slower than in rural areas in a variety of contexts. This is happening at a critical juncture in time when urban populations are rapidly increasing and might be partly driven by specifics of vulnerability of the urban poor in Low-income countries and High-income countries alike. Poor maternal and perinatal health outcomes are largely preventable but focusing solely on healthcare interventions misses critical opportunities to reduce ill-health. Social and environmental determinants such as poverty and the impact of climate change must be integrated into policy decisions, especially to benefit poor urban dwellers. Integrating data on the social determinants of health into policy decisions can help multisectoral stakeholders embrace a more Health-in-all-policy approach creating opportunities for better outcomes for these urban poor women and their offspring. We provide examples of two cities – Rotterdam and Kampala – to show that successful multi-sectoral approaches that can address urban maternal and perinatal inequalities should focus on interventions in which healthcare and non-healthcare determinants are integrated.","PeriodicalId":72596,"journal":{"name":"Cities & health","volume":"94 1","pages":"940 - 944"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83690353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-01DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2102179
Raja Singh, N. Madaan, Ashwani Kumar, J. Kishore, S. Kaipilyawar, Gurkirpal Singh, Manoj Mathur, M. Grant, Anil Dewan
ABSTRACT This commentary is about how a paper published in the Cities & Health was used in the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in an ongoing suo-moto petition to prevent mosquito infestation in the capital of India. The Court took cognisance of the rising density of mosquitoes and the rise in cases of mosquito-borne illness and instructed the various local government agencies to take action. One of the authors of this commentary intervened in this matter and brought the Court’s attention to the built environment interventions, especially screening of doors and windows and integrating the same in Unified Building Bye-laws, 2016.
{"title":"Mosquito control interventions in the built environment: how the Delhi High Court supported the first step towards the wire mesh policy","authors":"Raja Singh, N. Madaan, Ashwani Kumar, J. Kishore, S. Kaipilyawar, Gurkirpal Singh, Manoj Mathur, M. Grant, Anil Dewan","doi":"10.1080/23748834.2022.2102179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2102179","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This commentary is about how a paper published in the Cities & Health was used in the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in an ongoing suo-moto petition to prevent mosquito infestation in the capital of India. The Court took cognisance of the rising density of mosquitoes and the rise in cases of mosquito-borne illness and instructed the various local government agencies to take action. One of the authors of this commentary intervened in this matter and brought the Court’s attention to the built environment interventions, especially screening of doors and windows and integrating the same in Unified Building Bye-laws, 2016.","PeriodicalId":72596,"journal":{"name":"Cities & health","volume":"58 1","pages":"524 - 527"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78165653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-01DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2103391
L. Alonso, Sam Jacoby
ABSTRACT COVID-19 has heightened awareness of how housing design and quality can dramatically impact the mental and physical wellbeing of an individual. Adding to existing housing problems, long-term demographic changes, and failures in building maintenance as well as safety and housing design standards, the pandemic has exacerbated existing housing inequalities. Through 50 in-depth interviews with London residents conducted in early 2021, the paper studies how experiences of changing home uses and perception of the quality and design of domestic space affected the wellbeing of participants during the pandemic. The paper focuses on design-related housing aspects such as environmental comfort, the agency to make changes to a home, notions of privacy and security, and a lack of space. This reveals how changes in domestic use and future housing preferences might have a long-term impact on dwelling design. The wide-ranging lived experiences and subjective perceptions of the home call for a more inclusive approach to housing and social policies that consider the value of architectural design. Based on the findings and discussion, the paper concludes with housing design policy recommendations that should be taken into account to improve future housing quality and design.
{"title":"The impact of housing design and quality on wellbeing: lived experiences of the home during COVID-19 in London","authors":"L. Alonso, Sam Jacoby","doi":"10.1080/23748834.2022.2103391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2103391","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT COVID-19 has heightened awareness of how housing design and quality can dramatically impact the mental and physical wellbeing of an individual. Adding to existing housing problems, long-term demographic changes, and failures in building maintenance as well as safety and housing design standards, the pandemic has exacerbated existing housing inequalities. Through 50 in-depth interviews with London residents conducted in early 2021, the paper studies how experiences of changing home uses and perception of the quality and design of domestic space affected the wellbeing of participants during the pandemic. The paper focuses on design-related housing aspects such as environmental comfort, the agency to make changes to a home, notions of privacy and security, and a lack of space. This reveals how changes in domestic use and future housing preferences might have a long-term impact on dwelling design. The wide-ranging lived experiences and subjective perceptions of the home call for a more inclusive approach to housing and social policies that consider the value of architectural design. Based on the findings and discussion, the paper concludes with housing design policy recommendations that should be taken into account to improve future housing quality and design.","PeriodicalId":72596,"journal":{"name":"Cities & health","volume":"1 1","pages":"615 - 627"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88815633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-28DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2086373
Lídia Maria de Oliveira Morais, Paula Guevara-Aladino, Roxana Valdebenito, Natalia Díaz, Katherine Indvik, O. Sarmiento, Alejandra Vives Vergara, A. Friche, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa
Translating research results into policy and practice is essential for building healthier urban environments. This is a complex and challenging process requiring trust, understanding, and shared motivations across sectors and actor groups to establish safe spaces for experiences and ideas exchange. Recently, members of the Urban Health in Latin America Network convened a group of researchers, decision-makers, and local community members from Brazil, Chile, and Colombia to discuss three urban transformation interventions. The event ‘Urban transformations, community participation, and health: Lessons from Brazil, Chile, and Colombia’ was held virtually on September 2, 2021. We argue that this experience provided an innovative opportunity for capacity-building, establishing new connections between diverse stakeholders in Latin America, and supporting urban health research translation in the region. The discussion highlighted the importance of including both decision-makers and community members in urban health research, to advance decision-makers and community members’ understanding of the complexity of urban contexts, and to inform the research process. We hope this experience will inspire similar cross-sectoral dialogues that can broaden research practice and agendas and support knowledge translation to inform urban interventions and their evaluations to promote health and sustainability.
{"title":"Urban transformations, community participation, and health: inter-sectoral and cross-country learning experience between Brazil, Chile, and Colombia","authors":"Lídia Maria de Oliveira Morais, Paula Guevara-Aladino, Roxana Valdebenito, Natalia Díaz, Katherine Indvik, O. Sarmiento, Alejandra Vives Vergara, A. Friche, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa","doi":"10.1080/23748834.2022.2086373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2086373","url":null,"abstract":"Translating research results into policy and practice is essential for building healthier urban environments. This is a complex and challenging process requiring trust, understanding, and shared motivations across sectors and actor groups to establish safe spaces for experiences and ideas exchange. Recently, members of the Urban Health in Latin America Network convened a group of researchers, decision-makers, and local community members from Brazil, Chile, and Colombia to discuss three urban transformation interventions. The event ‘Urban transformations, community participation, and health: Lessons from Brazil, Chile, and Colombia’ was held virtually on September 2, 2021. We argue that this experience provided an innovative opportunity for capacity-building, establishing new connections between diverse stakeholders in Latin America, and supporting urban health research translation in the region. The discussion highlighted the importance of including both decision-makers and community members in urban health research, to advance decision-makers and community members’ understanding of the complexity of urban contexts, and to inform the research process. We hope this experience will inspire similar cross-sectoral dialogues that can broaden research practice and agendas and support knowledge translation to inform urban interventions and their evaluations to promote health and sustainability.","PeriodicalId":72596,"journal":{"name":"Cities & health","volume":"307 1","pages":"59 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79889348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-28DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2102372
S. Danielli, Emile Radyte, P. Donnelly, T. Coffey, H. Ashrafian, A. Darzi
ABSTRACT Global health will increasingly be determined by cities and therefore city-wide transformation of health and care is crucially important. Reflections from our experiences in London suggest some critical ingredients for city-wide transformation, including: having a shared aim; robust engagement with the citizens, service users and providers of services; setting aside organisational priorities and effective incentives to do so; a focus on enablers; strong city-wide leadership. Rather than working ‘together but separately’, health and care partners must work ‘together, together’ if cities are to meet the health and care challenges of the next decade.
{"title":"Improving health in London: reflections from three mini case studies (HIV, mental health, healthcare estate)","authors":"S. Danielli, Emile Radyte, P. Donnelly, T. Coffey, H. Ashrafian, A. Darzi","doi":"10.1080/23748834.2022.2102372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2102372","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Global health will increasingly be determined by cities and therefore city-wide transformation of health and care is crucially important. Reflections from our experiences in London suggest some critical ingredients for city-wide transformation, including: having a shared aim; robust engagement with the citizens, service users and providers of services; setting aside organisational priorities and effective incentives to do so; a focus on enablers; strong city-wide leadership. Rather than working ‘together but separately’, health and care partners must work ‘together, together’ if cities are to meet the health and care challenges of the next decade.","PeriodicalId":72596,"journal":{"name":"Cities & health","volume":"61 1","pages":"312 - 317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87024915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-22DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2091339
J. Speake, Maria Pentaraki
ABSTRACT In this paper, we reflect on the changes to cityscapes during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus specifically on the relationships between COVID-19 communication, which took place via advertisements and messages located in urban spaces, and contemporary neoliberal politics. Particular attention is given to on-street official government public health communications and their visual impacts and wider socio-economic implications, exemplified through the lens of Belfast, Northern Ireland. We reflect on, first the transitions from pre-pandemic to pandemic streetscape signage and messages, secondly ephemerality in streetscapes under COVID-19 conditions, thirdly the rapidity of change in COVID-19 related public health signage and messages and finally structural constraints of COVID-19 related public health signage. This messaging has also made visible government responses to the pandemic and revealed official (re)emergent concerns (or lack of) for people’s health and well-being.
{"title":"COVID-19, city centre streetscapes, and public health signage","authors":"J. Speake, Maria Pentaraki","doi":"10.1080/23748834.2022.2091339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2091339","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this paper, we reflect on the changes to cityscapes during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus specifically on the relationships between COVID-19 communication, which took place via advertisements and messages located in urban spaces, and contemporary neoliberal politics. Particular attention is given to on-street official government public health communications and their visual impacts and wider socio-economic implications, exemplified through the lens of Belfast, Northern Ireland. We reflect on, first the transitions from pre-pandemic to pandemic streetscape signage and messages, secondly ephemerality in streetscapes under COVID-19 conditions, thirdly the rapidity of change in COVID-19 related public health signage and messages and finally structural constraints of COVID-19 related public health signage. This messaging has also made visible government responses to the pandemic and revealed official (re)emergent concerns (or lack of) for people’s health and well-being.","PeriodicalId":72596,"journal":{"name":"Cities & health","volume":"52 1","pages":"585 - 601"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83216102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-22DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2099673
C. Camponeschi
ABSTRACT Cities are on the frontline of the climate crisis and, as such, are poised to experience more frequent and severe climate-related disruptions including heat waves, floods, and epidemics. The personal and societal costs of these threats will only escalate as the effects of climate change continue to be felt more acutely, yet municipal action plans currently lack comprehensive indicators for tracking their impact on human health and wellbeing. In response to this gap, this paper proposes an integrative approach to urban resilience that is premised on: 1) a bioecological reading of vulnerability; 2) a trauma-informed approach to climate planning; and 3) a ‘healing justice’ orientation to policymaking. Informed by the cases of New York City and Copenhagen, it offers theoretical and policy contributions not only to the process of building resilience to climate change in cities, but to many other contexts where disaster and health emergencies, systemic risk mitigation, and community empowerment are concerned.
{"title":"Toward integrative resilience: a healing justice and trauma-informed approach to urban climate planning","authors":"C. Camponeschi","doi":"10.1080/23748834.2022.2099673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2099673","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cities are on the frontline of the climate crisis and, as such, are poised to experience more frequent and severe climate-related disruptions including heat waves, floods, and epidemics. The personal and societal costs of these threats will only escalate as the effects of climate change continue to be felt more acutely, yet municipal action plans currently lack comprehensive indicators for tracking their impact on human health and wellbeing. In response to this gap, this paper proposes an integrative approach to urban resilience that is premised on: 1) a bioecological reading of vulnerability; 2) a trauma-informed approach to climate planning; and 3) a ‘healing justice’ orientation to policymaking. Informed by the cases of New York City and Copenhagen, it offers theoretical and policy contributions not only to the process of building resilience to climate change in cities, but to many other contexts where disaster and health emergencies, systemic risk mitigation, and community empowerment are concerned.","PeriodicalId":72596,"journal":{"name":"Cities & health","volume":"248 1","pages":"960 - 973"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76755061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-21DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2095881
Charlotte Hennah, G. Ellis, M. Doumas
ABSTRACT Physical activity is critical for older adults’ health and was particularly important during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To slow the spread of COVID-19, built environment modifications were introduced in public spaces including one-way walking systems, social distancing, and the restricted use of public toilets and seating. These modifications intended to encourage safe exercise but may have reduced walkability and inadvertently hindered older adults’ physical activity. We aimed to investigate whether Covid-related built environment modifications reduced older adults’ physical activity. We surveyed 282 older adults in the UK using a mixed methods Concurrent Triangulation Design. Physical activity decreased during COVID-19. Older adults believed many Covid-related built environment modifications negatively affected physical activity because of safety or accessibility issues. These negative modifications were more prominent in areas of higher walkability and associated with reduced physical activity. However Covid-related Traffic Reduction and some elements of One-Way Walking Systems were largely considered positive modifications that helped facilitate physical activity. We concluded common Covid-related built environment modifications hindered exercise, reduced walkability, and possibly contributed to reduced physical activity in older adults. If similar modifications are required in the future, older adults’ needs must be accommodated to avoid discouraging physical activity and compromising long-term health.
{"title":"Impact of COVID-19 on neighbourhood physical activity in older adults","authors":"Charlotte Hennah, G. Ellis, M. Doumas","doi":"10.1080/23748834.2022.2095881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2095881","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Physical activity is critical for older adults’ health and was particularly important during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To slow the spread of COVID-19, built environment modifications were introduced in public spaces including one-way walking systems, social distancing, and the restricted use of public toilets and seating. These modifications intended to encourage safe exercise but may have reduced walkability and inadvertently hindered older adults’ physical activity. We aimed to investigate whether Covid-related built environment modifications reduced older adults’ physical activity. We surveyed 282 older adults in the UK using a mixed methods Concurrent Triangulation Design. Physical activity decreased during COVID-19. Older adults believed many Covid-related built environment modifications negatively affected physical activity because of safety or accessibility issues. These negative modifications were more prominent in areas of higher walkability and associated with reduced physical activity. However Covid-related Traffic Reduction and some elements of One-Way Walking Systems were largely considered positive modifications that helped facilitate physical activity. We concluded common Covid-related built environment modifications hindered exercise, reduced walkability, and possibly contributed to reduced physical activity in older adults. If similar modifications are required in the future, older adults’ needs must be accommodated to avoid discouraging physical activity and compromising long-term health.","PeriodicalId":72596,"journal":{"name":"Cities & health","volume":"33 1","pages":"666 - 676"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89105386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-04DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2021.1979759
G. McCormack, Autumn Nesdoly, Dalia Ghoneim, Tara-Leigh F. McHugh
ABSTRACT Academics use ‘walkability’, ‘healthy’, ‘bikeability’, ‘vibrancy’, and ‘livability’ to describe neighbourhood design that support health and wellbeing. These labels are communicated in the media and real estate and land development marketing materials, yet residents may not use these labels when describing their neighbourhoods. Our qualitative study explored recent homebuyers’ and residential land developers’ perceptions of these neighbourhood design labels. Twelve land developers (7 men; 5 women) and twelve homebuyers (7 men; 5 women) from three major cities (Calgary, Edmonton, and Lethbridge) in Alberta, Canada, completed semi-structured telephone-interviews. Interview transcripts underwent content analysis. Land developers and homebuyers shared common perspectives of these labels, which had similarities with academic definitions. Participants described walkability as: (a) ease of movement, (b) contextual differences, and (c) connections; healthy as: (a) opportunities for activity, and (b) diversity; bikeability as: (a) supportive infrastructure, and (b) differing preferences; vibrancy as: (a) matches peoples’ values, and (b) supportive built features; and livability as: (a) all encompassing, and (b) safe and friendly. The features described were not mutually exclusive to any one-neighbourhood label. Our findings suggest that walkable and bikeable neighbourhoods are not necessarily vibrant or livable, nevertheless walkability, bikeability, vibrancy, and livability are qualities of a healthy neighbourhood.
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