Projektdetails
International Working Group „Urban Planning for Health Equity“
Sprecher:innen/Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bolte, IPP, Universität Bremen;
Prof. Dr. Heike Köckler, Hochschule für Gesundheit, Bochum
Prof. Dr. Martin Knöll, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Beschreibung
The pursuit of developing urban areas that are healthy, sustainable and just is a common concern of practitioners and scientists around the globe. This working group addresses different research fields: It mainly refers to the field of demographic and socio-economic change as it deals with an integrated view of health equity, environmental justice and quality of life for different communities living in European cities today. Spatial development, urban planning and urban design are key determinants of health equity, which have rarely been researched in a transdisciplinary and international perspective. This includes the living conditions that are developed, designed and planned to allow communities regardless of their level of marginalisation and deprivation to live more healthy lives. Therefore, aspects of health and environment, physical activity, mobility, and digitalisation, inclusion and participation in decision-making will be on the agenda. The role of meaningful involvement and participation of different communities in decision making following the concepts of procedural environmental justice and empowerment in the sense of enabling individuals is an important determinant of health for these communities. Therefore, it is important for a vital urban planning for health equity.
The working group focuses on European cities as entities that are shaped by similar cultural, economic and historical backgrounds, a joint political and administrative framework, similar public health challenges, but vary in approaches for urban planning and urban design.
Further information: https://www.arl-international.com/activities/urban-planning-health-equity
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Members:
- PhD Katarzyna Brukalo, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Bytom
- Claudia Costa, Município de Pombal, Pombal
- Prof. Carlo Fabian, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Olten
- Marcus Grant, Environmental Stewardship for Health, Bristol
- Anna Hasler, Scottish Government, Edinburgh
- Dipl.-Ing. Magdalena Maierhofer, Technische Universität Wien
- Dr.-Ing. Daniel Münderlein, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen
- Dr. Natalie Riedel, Stadt Münster, Münster
- Dr. Rehana Shrestha, Universität Bremen, IPP, Bremen
- Dr. Martin Sondermann, ARL
- Ass. Prof. Dr. Thomas Verbeek, Delft University of Technology, Delft
- Miriam Weber, Municipality of Utrecht, Utrecht