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Built environments are typically used to describe the interdisciplinary field that addresses the design, construction, management, and use of these man-made surroundings as an interrelated whole as well as their relationship to human activities over time (rather than a particular element in isolation or at a single moment in time). The field is generally  drawing upon areas such as economics, law, public policy, public health,managment, geography, design, technology, and environmental sustainability. Within the field of public health, built environments are referred to as building or renovating areas in an effort to improve the community’s well-being through construction of “aesthetically, health improved, and environmentally improved landscapes and living structures”.Research has indicated that the way neighborhoods are created can affect both the physical activity and mental health of the communities’ residents, expecially within the urban context were chronic degenerative diseases are on the rise . For example, one may expect more physical activity and healthier diets among persons in communities with
convenient, safe walking paths and accessible sources of fresh fruits and vegetables. On the other hand, poorer health indicators may be expected among residents of communities with high crime rates, few parks or walking paths, numerous alcohol and tobacco outlets, and little access to fresh food.

Within this context the urban form is a key element to achieve and to maintaine wellbeing and health, since if the city is sick makes you sick.

abitare insieme
2015-09-15

Abitare insieme/Living together

Giornate internazionali di studio Napoli 1-2 ottobre 2015

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2014-06-30

PAROLA D'ORDINE: COLLABORAZIONE

Si possono cambiare le relazioni sociali nella città contemporanea a partire dai comportamenti dei singoli? Jochen Gerz invita 78 creativi a installarsi nelle città della Ruhr. Per scrivere un libro tutti assieme...

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2014-06-30

Evidence-based design e biofilia

Evidence-based design e biofilia: l’influenza della medicina sulla progettazione degli ambienti di vita e di lavoro Michael W Mehaffy Sustasis Foundation, Lake Oswego, Oregon (Usa)

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2014-06-30

Architettura esperienziale

Gli studi di neuroscienza confermano le intuizioni di molti architetti: è proprio l'alternanza tra pieno e vuoto a bilanciare i due emisferi del cervello, stimolando intelligenza, intuizione e fantasia.

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2014-06-30

Urban Form

Creating A Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on Public Health

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2014-06-30

Ogni decisione urbanistica contribuisce ad indurre uno stato di benessere o di malessere degli abitanti.

Agis Tsouros direttore del Centro per il programma salute urbana OMS Copenhagen

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2014-06-20

The impact of urban form on public health Author: Billie GilesCorti, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia

Background Many major chronic diseases of the 21 st century are associated with physical inactivity, and in Australia, physical inactivity is second only to tobacco as the leading cause of death and disability. Redressing trends in declining levels of

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2014-06-19

The impact of the built environment on health across the life course: design of a cross-sectional data linkage study

Introduction: The built environment is increasingly recognised as being associated with health outcomes. Relationships between the built environment and health differ among age groups, especially between children and adults, but also between younger,

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2014-06-19

Health and the Built Environment

Exploring Foundations for a New Interdisciplinary Profession Jennifer Kent and Susan Thompson

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2014-06-18

Il rammendo migliore è la voglia di fare PL Battista

Le periferie, il progetto di Renzo Piano e il programma per rilanciare le città degradate. Ma non bastano i soldi e gli investimenti: ci vuole il gusto per la comunità

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2014-06-17

Renzo Piano

Il rammendo delle periferie

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2014-06-17

Built environment and health

Sorting Out the Connections Between the Built Environment and Health: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating Pathways and Planning Healthy Cities

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Events

2015-10-12 - Un approccio integrato alla vita attiva e in buona salute: le possibili sinergie tra gli interventi nutrizionali

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II e dalla Regione Campania, in programma ad Expo Milano 2015 nel Padiglione Italia, Martedì 20 ottobre dalle 18.30 alle 21.30.

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2015-09-15 - Atelier

Urban Form and Active and Healthy Aging Naples, October 1st, 2015 – 4.30-7.00 pm

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