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Healthy Design and Urban Planning Strategies, Actions, and Policy to Achieve Salutogenic Cities

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  • Stefano Capolongo

    (Dipartimento di Architettura, Ingegneria delle Costruzioni e Ambiente Costruito, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy)

  • Andrea Rebecchi

    (Dipartimento di Architettura, Ingegneria delle Costruzioni e Ambiente Costruito, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy)

  • Marco Dettori

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Sperimentali, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy)

  • Letizia Appolloni

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Edile e Ambientale, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00184 Rome, Italy)

  • Antonio Azara

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Sperimentali, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy)

  • Maddalena Buffoli

    (Dipartimento di Architettura, Ingegneria delle Costruzioni e Ambiente Costruito, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy)

  • Lorenzo Capasso

    (Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Medicina Sperimentale e Forense, Università degli Studi di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy)

  • Alessandra Casuccio

    (Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno Infantile, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy)

  • Gea Oliveri Conti

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate, Università degli Studi di Catania, 95131 Catania, Italy)

  • Alessandro D’Amico

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Edile e Ambientale, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00184 Rome, Italy)

  • Margherita Ferrante

    (Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate, Università degli Studi di Catania, 95131 Catania, Italy)

  • Umberto Moscato

    (Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy)

  • Ilaria Oberti

    (Dipartimento di Architettura, Ingegneria delle Costruzioni e Ambiente Costruito, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy)

  • Lorenzo Paglione

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Edile e Ambientale, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00184 Rome, Italy)

  • Vincenzo Restivo

    (Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno Infantile, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy)

  • Daniela D’Alessandro

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Edile e Ambientale, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00184 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

Starting from a previous experience carried out by the working group “Building and Environmental Hygiene” of the Italian Society of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (SItI), the aim of the present work is to define new strategic goals for achieving a “Healthy and Salutogenic City”, which will be useful to designers, local governments and public bodies, policy makers, and all professionals working at local health agencies. Ten key points have been formulated: 1. climate change and management of adverse weather events; 2. land consumption, sprawl, and shrinking cities; 3. tactical urbanism and urban resilience; 4. urban comfort, safety, and security perception; 5. strengths and weaknesses of urban green areas and infrastructures; 6. urban solid waste management; 7. housing emergencies in relation to socio-economic and environmental changes; 8. energy aspects and environmental planning at an urban scale; 9. socio-assistance and welfare network at an urban scale: importance of a rational and widespread system; and 10. new forms of living, conscious of coparticipation models and aware of sharing quality objectives. Design strategies, actions, and policies, identified to improve public health and wellbeing, underline that the connection between morphological and functional features of urban context and public health is crucial for contemporary cities and modern societies.

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  • Stefano Capolongo & Andrea Rebecchi & Marco Dettori & Letizia Appolloni & Antonio Azara & Maddalena Buffoli & Lorenzo Capasso & Alessandra Casuccio & Gea Oliveri Conti & Alessandro D’Amico & Margherit, 2018. "Healthy Design and Urban Planning Strategies, Actions, and Policy to Achieve Salutogenic Cities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-15, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:12:p:2698-:d:186524
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