Toward the Healthy City: People, Places, and The Politics of Urban Planning – By Jason Corburn

Karvonen, Andrew

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01040_3.x

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“…As urban residential buildings are increasingly built closer to transportation infrastructure, acoustic environmental quality in urban residential areas has become a critical factor for improving urban sustainability [1][2][3][4]. Traditional environmental noise control approaches concentrate on the abatement of noise levels.…”

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Effects of contexts in urban residential areas on the pleasantness and appropriateness of natural sounds

Hong

Lam

Ong

et al. 2020

Sustainable Cities and Society

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Before introducing natural sounds to potentially improve the soundscape quality, it is important to understand how key contextual factors (i.e. expected activities and audiovisual congruency) affect the soundscape in a given location. In this study, the perception of eight natural sounds (i.e. 4 birdsongs, 4 water sounds) at five urban recreational areas under the constant influence of road traffic was explored subjectively under three laboratory settings: visual-only, audio-only, and audio-visual. Firstly, expected sociorecreational activities of each location were determined in the visual -only setting.Subsequently, participants assessed the pleasantness and appropriateness of the soundscape at each site, for each of the eight natural sounds augmented to the same road traffic noise, in both audio-only and audio-visual settings. Interestingly, it was found that the expected activities in each location did not significantly affect natural sound perception, whereas audio-visual congruency of the locations significantly affected the pleasantness and appropriateness of the natural sounds. Particularly, the pleasantness and appropriateness decreased for water sounds when water features were not visually present.In contrast, perception with birdsongs was unaffected by their visibility likely due to the presence of vegetation. Hence, audio-visual coherence is central to the perception of natural sounds in outdoor spaces.

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Effects of contexts in urban residential areas on the pleasantness and appropriateness of natural sounds

Hong

Lam

Ong

et al. 2020

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…Urban residents have better average health than their rural counterparts ( Dye, 2008 ), but these health advantages are often unevenly distributed where large inequalities in environmental and living conditions exist across small spatial scales ( Bennett et al, 2015 ; Günther & Harttgen, 2012 ; Henderson et al, 2016 ). Most city-level health interventions focus on singular risk factors and health outcomes in very specific populations ( Corburn, 2009 ), but reducing urban health inequalities requires intersectoral actions that address multiple sectors, multiple social and environmental risks, and multiple health outcomes ( Brown et al, 2019 ).…”

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Synthesizing the links between secure housing tenure and health for more equitable cities

Baumgartner¹,

Rodrıguez²,

Berkhout³

et al. 2023

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Millions of households in rich and poor countries alike are at risk of being unwilfully displaced from their homes or the land on which they live (i.e., lack secure tenure), and the urban poor are most vulnerable. Improving housing tenure security may be an intervention to improve housing and environmental conditions and reduce urban health inequalities. Building on stakeholder workshops and a narrative review of the literature, we developed a conceptual model that infers the mechanisms through which more secure housing tenure can improve housing, environmental quality, and health. Empirical studies show that more secure urban housing tenure can boost economic mobility, improve housing and environmental conditions including reduced exposure to pollution, create safer and more resourced communities, and improve physical and mental health. These links are shared across tenure renters and owners and different economic settings. Broader support is needed for context-appropriate policies and actions to improve tenure security as a catalyst for cultivating healthier homes and neighbourhoods and reducing urban health inequalities in cities.

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“…If our surrounding spaces are not visually pleasing, comfortable, accessible, or feel unsafe, people will choose not to occupy them. 82 Diversity in public space is critical as it creates a comfortable and relaxed environment where residents are more likely to let loose, seeing as strangers are less likely to constrain our behavior. 83 The variety of open spaces found throughout a city's core can accommodate a range of activities, possessing features that invite people to appropriate them for their uses and enjoyment.…”

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“…To bring residents together, we are required to empha-size the engagement-action experience of our landscape, which is claimed to strongly affect the relationship between our environments and our psychological well-being. 152 The key moves and vision for the quality of spaces produced within the network are intended to integrate elements of play, surprise, and interaction into the public design and to be easily accessible and inclusive. Also, the sites accommodate all seasons and weather conditions with shelter and seasonal activities.…”

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“…Community gardens are critical in improving community well-being as green spaces enhance the quality of air, provide restorative effects, stimulate physical activity, and facilitate social contact and cohesion among residents. 155 'Nearby nature' is a term proposed in Toward the Healthy City and encompasses green space and natural or semi-natural environments near people's everyday living and work environments. Corburn states that "As more and more people live and work in cities, having green space nearby or coming into contact with nature regularly cannot be taken for granted."…”

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An Alternative City: Tracing Mental Health Consequences Across Ottawa's Urban Fabric

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The quality of our built environment affects our happiness, well-being, and mental health through conditions of loneliness and isolation.Ottawa's urban realm fosters many 'devices of isolation' throughout its landscape, as displayed through its materiality, privatized living, and lack of engaging public space at the street level. Research has found these conditions of social isolation among urban residents negatively affect one's health and well-being. However, cities still lack consideration for the quality and quantity of their social spaces. In order to provide opportunities for social interaction to improve mental health conditions among residents and reinforce a sense of human-centered design, a reconsideration of Ottawa's public and private-public-facing space is needed. In response, this thesis proposes five calls to action through a network of public space interventions that reimagine existing plazas in downtown Ottawa, and question how we can use our cities to foster human connection to reduce urban isolation and subsequent mental health conditions.iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Firstly, I would like to sincerely thank my thesis advisor Dr. Federica Goffi for her thoughtful guidance, rich and extensive knowledge, and constant support throughout this challenging process. I am grateful to have learned from you and to have been pushed by you in new ways.To my family and friends for your constant support and encouragement throughout my entire academic journey -I am forever grateful for all the ways you have unknowingly contributed to my growth. To my best friend, Nina, for always answering my panicked facetime calls at all hours of the day and providing extremely thorough and rigorous comments, you are truly a brilliant soul.Lastly, I would like to thank my thesis group, Tavleen, Argel, and Dana, for their invaluable feedback, contributions, ideas, and constant encouragement in times of self-doubt. I am so glad to have had you guys by my side throughout this journey. You all have truly made this a memorable experience. Thank you.

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Toward the Healthy City: People, Places, and The Politics of Urban Planning – By Jason Corburn

Cited by 11 publications

References 1 publication

Effects of contexts in urban residential areas on the pleasantness and appropriateness of natural sounds

Effects of contexts in urban residential areas on the pleasantness and appropriateness of natural sounds

Synthesizing the links between secure housing tenure and health for more equitable cities

An Alternative City: Tracing Mental Health Consequences Across Ottawa's Urban Fabric

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