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Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health; 2018: 5
ISSN 2398-4082 (online)
September 2018

Edition 5: Urban Play

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Editorials

Jam sandwiches and the facets of play: an introduction to Edition 5
Layla McCay
Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health
​What is Human-Centered Design? Should Anyone Care?
Sarah Williams Goldhagen
Turf Advisory, USA

Spotlight on Play and Design for Young People

From infrastructure to playground: the playable soul of Copenhagen
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Alice Covatta
Visiting Researcher in Architecture and Urban Design, Keio University, Tokyo​, Japan
An analysis of high rise living in terms of provision of appropriate social spaces for children
Suruchi Modi
​Associate Professor, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Ansal University, India

Case studies

Mental Health by Design: Fostering student emotional wellness in New York City high schools by improving and enhancing built environments
​​Kelli Peterman, Theadora Swenson, MPH, Takeesha White, MSW, Yianice Hernandez, MNA, Jaimie Shaff, MPA, MPH, Monica Ortiz-Rossi, MFA, MPH, Nivea Jackson, MS
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Using Art and Design to Create Shared Safe Space in Urban Areas: A case study of the banks and bridges of the River Foyle in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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Jak Spencer and Ralf Alwani
The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, London, UK
A Case Study of Urban Design and Mental Health in Las Vegas
Dak Kopec
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

Playing with ideas

Behavior Blockchain For Healthy Cities​
​Alan Waxman
AWED, USA
Critique
Rahul Sinha
Economist
Urban form and mental wellbeing:  scoping a theoretical framework for action
​Amir Hajrasoulih, Vicente del Rio, James Francis and Jessica Edmondson
Department of City and Regional Planning, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA
Critique
Graham Marshall
UD/MH Fellow
The role of environmental psychology in strategic development of urban public spaces based on aesthetic needs of citizens
​Mehdi Alyari
Azad University of Qazvinlyari
Wellness by design: thoughts on reshaping Brussels’ public realm
​Namita Kambli (1), Isabelle Godin (2), Emilia Kabzamalova (3)
(1) Independent researcher, Brussels.
(2) Ecole de Santé Publique, ULB, Brussels
(3) University of Auckland
Designing neighbourhoods for quality of life and mental wellbeing: exploring opportunities for Rohini, Delhi
​Kriti Agarwal
Architect and urban designer at We Design, Delhi, India
Applying the concept of Root Shock to urban renewal plans for Charlotte's Marshall Park
Kacie Ward (1) and Erin Sharp Newton (2)
(1) Pennsylvania State University, USA
(2) 
NK Architects Healthcare Group, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

Personal view

The impact of town planning on my own mental health as a town planner
​Jason Barr

Submit to Edition 6

The next edition will be published in February 2019. Submission deadline is November 30 2018.
  • ​If you are interested in submitting, please see opportunities for submitting editorials, original research, case studies, analysis and more. We encourage submissions from all countries and from all academic backgrounds. Feel free to email first to discuss. 
  • Edition 6 will contain city case studies from around the world. If you are interested in conducting a city case study, please review the list of available cities, and see our city case study protocol. We are particularly seeking more case studies from Africa, and South and Central America but all are welcome.
  • If you are interested in being a guest editor, peer reviewer or cover designer, please email us.

About the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health

Publisher
The Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health is a biannual open-access, peer-reviewed and multi-disciplinary journal, published online by the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health, an international think tank that seeks to answer the question: how can we build better mental health into our cities?
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Managing editor
Dr Layla McCay, Director, Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health

Cover design
Levitta Lawrence
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