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Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health; 2020: 6
ISSN 2398-4082 (online)
October 2020

Edition 6: COVID City

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Editorials

Capturing the transformative power of COVID-19 in urban design
Layla McCay
Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health
Reimagining urban public space during COVID-19: implications for public mental health
Kavya Anchuri
University of Calgary, Canada
Design and Contagion: well-being and the physical environment during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nelida Quintero
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American Psychological Association and UD/MH Fellow
Built environment changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a photoessay
Layla McCay with contributions from the urban design and mental health community

Research and Analysis

Adaptability of Public Spa­­­­­­ces and Mental Health Inequalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
​Razieh Zandieh, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen and Mahdi Zandieh 
(1) Department of Planning and Environmental Management, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
(2) ISGlobal (Barcelona Institute for Global Health), Barcelona, Spain
(3) Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), Qazvin, Iran
Is all nature equal? Evaluating the role of familiarity on emotional responses to nature.
​Kathryn Terzano and Alina Gross 
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(1) Iowa State University, USA
(2) Westfield State University, USA


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.
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
A Case Study of Urban Design for Wellbeing and Mental Health in Adelaide, Australia
​Trish Hansen, Rachel Pfitzner, Carmel Williams, Beth Keough, Claudia Galicki, Heath Edwards, Sally Bolton, Gabrielle Kelly, and Kim Krebs 
(1) Urban Mind, Australia
(2) Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia
(3) Department Health and Wellbeing, Government of South Australia
(4) Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, South Australia
(5) Wellbeing and Resilience Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
(6) Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board
​ANKARA, TURKEY
​Urban Design and Psychological Health in Ankara: A City Case Study
Erkin Sarı and Özlem Bozo
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
​DELHI, INDIA
From the City of Djinns to the City of Sins: how Delhi has facilitated mental wellbeing through urban design
Kriti Agarwal
Jindal School of Art & Architecture, India
GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA
Urban Design and Mental Health Case Study in George Town, Malaysia
Uta Dietrich, Jean Chu, Yeoh Hui Li,  Aish Kumar
Think City, Malaysia and Ipsos
MONTREAL, CANADA
Urban Design and Mental Health Case Study in Montreal / Tiohtiá:ke, Canada
Rose-Anne St-Paul
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Université de Montréal , Canada
TORONTO, CANADA
Urban design and mental health in Toronto: a city case study
Kyle Lee, Falen Fernandes, Marissa Ng, Violetta-Evelyn Reznikov, Michael Poos 
(1) Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, ON
(2) St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON
(3) University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
(4) McKinsey & Company, Toronto, ON
(5) Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
(6) Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Toronto, ON

WASHINGTON DC, USA
Washington DC: An Urban Design and Mental Health Case Study
Hana Burkly
Georgetown University, USA

Personal view

COVID-19 showed me that my local area was designed for cars, rather than people
Denean Rowe
Centre for London, UK
​A Time-Capsuled Thought for Covid City 
Erin Sharp-Newton
Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health

Submit to Edition 7

Submission deadline is March 31st 2021.

  • ​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 7 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/annual 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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Editor
Dr Layla McCay, Director, Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health
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Design
Erin Sharp Newton, Behavioral Health Design Leader, Fellow
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