Sustainable Urban Designs to Enhance Human Health and Well-Being
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 12 May 2025 | Viewed by 44
Special Issue Editors
Interests: behavior of places; physical activity and mobility; data science; public health
Interests: people–place relationship; emerging technologies; human well-being
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of the Journal of Sustainability entitled "Sustainable Urban and Landscape Designs to Enhance Health and Wellbeing". As our global population ages and becomes increasingly urbanized, cities face numerous challenges, including resource constraints, climate change impacts, and growing socioeconomic disparities. In this context, the influence of urban environments on human health and wellbeing has emerged as a critical area of research and practice. Sustainable urban and landscape design offers promising solutions to these complex challenges, creating healthier, more livable cities while minimizing their environmental impact and promoting social equity.
This Special Issue aims to explore innovative approaches, best practices, and emerging trends in sustainable urban and landscape design that promote health and wellbeing. We seek to collect interdisciplinary perspectives from urban planning, landscape architecture, public health, environmental science, and related fields to address the multifaceted nature of this topic. By fostering a dialogue between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, we hope to advance our understanding of how urban environments can be designed and adapted to support human development in harmony with ecological and social systems.
Dr. Yang Song
Dr. Jessica Fernandez
Dr. Pai Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- health and well-being
- urban design and planning
- landscape architecture
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