Walkable Environments and Healthy Urban Moves: Urban Context Features Assessment Framework Experienced in Milan

Environmental tranquility: A conceptual framework and urban ‎architectural features

Stressful life and reduced well-being have always been an issue of lifestyle in modern society. Constructing a multidisciplinary conceptual framework of environmental tranquility and quality of life is required for the field of architectural development, improved environmental quality, and enhanced human well-being. This paper reviews the main concepts of tranquility, environmental quality, and...

Sustainable Urban Design and Walkable Neighborhoods

The application of urban health equity assessment and response tool (Urban HEART) in Tehran concepts and framework

  Abstract   Background: Inequalities in health are ever increasing among different communities   of either affluent or disadvantaged especially in urban areas. To identify and address inequalities in health and its determinants among societies, urban health equity assessment and response tool (Urban HEART) in four 'policy domains' related to social determinants of health, has been developed by...

Urban residential environments and senior citizens' longevity in megacity areas: the importance of walkable green spaces.

STUDY OBJECTIVES To study the association between greenery filled public areas that are nearby a residence and easy to walk in and the longevity of senior citizens in a densely populated, developed megacity. DESIGN Cohort study. METHODS The authors analysed the five year survival of 3144 people born in 1903, 1908, 1913, or 1918 who consented to a follow up survey from the records of registe...

Landscape Design for Children and Their Environments in Urban Context

One of the most important topics of landscape architecture profession is to design highquality open spaces for people to meet their needs and expectation. These open spaces range from smaller-scale residential gardens, used by certain number of people, to large city parks, used by people with different age groups and the crowded masses. These different open spaces and differences in uses lead t...