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BOOK LAUNCH

Restorative Cities: Urban Design for Mental Health and Wellbeing

by Jenny Roe and Layla McCay
12th August 2021
The Urban Design Group, along with the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health hosted the book launch of Restorative Cities: Urban Design for Mental Health and Wellbeing by Jenny Roe and Layla McCay.

Restorative Cities brings together the latest evidence and practice for the first time to provide a robust scientific basis for this growing multidisciplinary field, introducing a new Restorative Cities framework that provides clear but flexible principles and guidelines at neighbourhood and city level, with examples from around the world, relevant to anyone interested or involved in urban design and planning for mental health and wellbeing. The launch event includes author presentations and a panel discussion with urban design and wellbeing experts.​ 225 people from 26 countries attended this event live. 

Book details here. 
00:00:00
Katja Stille  Introduction
UDG Executive Chair | Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design
00:03:57
Layla McCay  What is mental health, how it applies to urban design, and the green city.
Book author, Director of the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health
00:11:32
Jenny Roe  Water, sensory, neighbourly, active, playable and inclusive cities. 
Mary Irene DeShong Professor of Design & Health and Director of the Center for Design & Health in the School of Architecture, University of Virginia. 
00:22:33
Rhiannon Corcoran  The importance of having a rigorous research base, and translating it into practice. 
​Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool | Research Director Prosocial Place

00:29:56
Graham Marshall  Moving on from 20th century theories and processes.
​Practice Director Prosocial Place | Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool
00:36:21
Rachel Toms  From evidence to reality, and measuring impact.
Housing and Health Manager, Public Health England

00:38:55
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