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General reports on urban design to promote mental health

Urban Sanity: Understanding Urban Mental Health Impacts and How to Create Saner, Happier Cities
Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
September 2016
A systematic review of the relationship between objective measurements of the urban environment and psychological distress
Gonga Y, Palmera S, Gallacher J, Marsdena T, Foneb D. Environmental International 2016; 96 (48-57)
The Built Environment and Mental Health
Evans GW. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2003; 80(4): 536-555.

Issue-specific reports on urban design to promote mental health

The Links between Greenspace and Health: A Critical Literature Review. 
Greenspace Scotland
October 2007

City-specific reports on urban design to promote mental health

Design and Construction Excellence 2.0: Guiding principles
New York City Department of Design and Construction

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