Healthy Cities

Public Health through Urban Planning

Chinmoy Sarkar and Chris Webster, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong and John Gallacher, Department of Psychiatry, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, UK

Mounting scientific evidence generated over the past decade highlights the significant role of our cities’ built environments in shaping our health and well-being. In this book, the authors conceptualize the ‘urban health niche’ as a novel approach to public health and healthy-city planning that integrates the diverse and multi-level health determinants present in a city system.

‘Our cities’ built environments shape our health and well-being, and Sarkar, Webster and Gallacher conceptualize the “urban health niche” as an approach to public health and healthy-city planning. The book is of practical use for those involved in public policy, public health and urban planning. The text also has a place in academia as a good foundation for new research being done by epidemiologists, urban planners, economists, and sociologists.’
– Sheryl D. Landry, International Social Science Review