CITY CASE STUDIES
Urban design and mental health city case studies examine how different cities around the world apply the key principles of urban design towards population mental health. They provide insight, spotlight innovation, identify opportunities for that city to improve population mental health, and offer lessons for other cities. They are conducted using the UD/MH city case study method.
Scroll down to learn how you can conduct a city case study.
Scroll down to learn how you can conduct a city case study.
Published urban design and mental health city case studies
Urban design and mental health city case studies currently under discussion or in progress
The following cities are underway. All other cities are available if you would like to do a case study.
North America
USA
Atlanta, Georgia
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
Morristown, New Jersey
New Orleans, Louisiana
New York City, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CANADA
Hamilton
Halifax
Vancouver
Atlanta, Georgia
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
Morristown, New Jersey
New Orleans, Louisiana
New York City, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CANADA
Hamilton
Halifax
Vancouver
Europe
GERMANY
Berlin
Freiburg
PORTUGAL
Lisbon
SPAIN
Barcelona
SWITZERLAND
Zurich
UNITED KINGDOM
London: Southwark, Croydon, Tower Hamlets
Edinburgh
Berlin
Freiburg
PORTUGAL
Lisbon
SPAIN
Barcelona
SWITZERLAND
Zurich
UNITED KINGDOM
London: Southwark, Croydon, Tower Hamlets
Edinburgh
Asia
CHINA
Beijing
TAIWAN
Taipei
TURKEY
Istanbul
Beijing
TAIWAN
Taipei
TURKEY
Istanbul
Oceania
AUSTRALIA
Melbourne
Melbourne
Central and South America
COLOMBIA
Bogota
Bogota
Africa
None currently underway.
Middle East
None currently underway.
How to undertake an urban design and mental health city case study
Are you a student, academic or practitioner with an interest in undertaking a research/case study project to assess your city's approach to planning and design for mental health? We would be delighted for you to undertake a city case study. These will be published here, and considered for publication in the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health. Feel free to collaborate and submit with co-authors.
- If there is not yet a case study underway for your city, please review the methodology, then email us to register your plans.
- If a case study is already underway for your city and you want to be involved, email us and we will pass your details to the researchers to see if there are any opportunities for you to participate.
- If a case study has been completed for your city, but if you have something new to add, please consider writing a piece of our Sanity and Urbanity blog, or for the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health. Email us to discuss.