Urban Healthonomics
eBook - ePub

Urban Healthonomics

How to create healthy cities that accelerate economic growth

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Urban Healthonomics

How to create healthy cities that accelerate economic growth

About this book

How can we design cities that radically improve our health and accelerate economic growth?

The need for bold solutions and innovative commercial strategies has never been greater. Cities face mounting, converging challenges: climate change, economic recovery, spiralling debt and ageing populations.

To address these issues, urban leaders must find ways to reduce operational and healthcare costs, stimulate economic growth and attract investment, all while ensuring cities remain vibrant and desirable places to live and raise families.

Healthy cities supported by sustainable buildings and resilient infrastructure are the most effective and cost-efficient safeguard against urban decline. This book provides a compelling, data-driven roadmap for urban stakeholders, showing how to boost public health, cut costs and drive economic growth.

Each chapter breaks down the biological, economic and societal impacts of urban challenges, complete with practical, actionable solutions rooted in real-world case studies and detailed research.

This is a must-read for designers, developers, residents, policymakers, founders, and anyone passionate about shaping the future of our cities.

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Information

Publisher
RIBA Publishing
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040400753
Topic
Architecture

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. About the Author
  7. Reviews
  8. Introduction: First Principles of Urban Healthonomics
  9. 01 Throwing Shade
  10. 02 Invisible Killer
  11. 03 Natural Health Service
  12. 04 Housing as a Vaccine
  13. 05 B.D.S.M. Bikes Do So Much
  14. 06 Alienation and Party-Cipation
  15. 07 Urban Machines
  16. Afterword
  17. TL;DR Solution Summaries
  18. References
  19. Index
  20. Image Credits