Co-Benefits of Transdisciplinary Planning for Healthy Cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22017899 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roderick J Lawrence (0000-0002-1432-7245, University of Geneva, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/up.v7i4.5674 |
| OpenAlex | W4306685673 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 40 |
Synergies between urban planning and public health were synthesized a decade ago by the Lancet Commission’s article “Shaping Cities for Health: Complexity and the Planning of Urban Environments in the 21st Century.” Since then, innovative research projects, urban planning projects, and accumulated experience from the World Health Organization Healthy Cities project confirm that transdisciplinary contributions enable the achievement of core principles of healthy cities. This article clarifies important differences between the content, scope, and outcomes of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary projects about public health and urban planning. It explains why transdisciplinary contributions are more likely to bridge the applicability gap between knowledge and practice in response to persistent urban health challenges; notably, they transgress the boundaries of public health and medical science; they prioritize political action in both the formal and informal construction sectors; and they include citizens, community associations, and private enterprises as partners in consortia for concerted action. This article proposes a radical shift from incremental, reactive, and corrective approaches in planning for urban health to proactive and anticipative contributions using backcasting and alternative scenarios that prioritize health. The article uses the case of public green spaces in planning for urban health. It identifies the shortcomings of many empirical studies that are meant to promote and sustain health before describing and illustrating an alternative way forward
Business · Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Geography · Operations management · Political science · Politics · Public health · Public relations · Regional planning · Seven Management and Planning Tools · Urban planning · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Urban Green Space and Health
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities
Toward the Healthy City
The Perils of Ignoring History
City planning and population health
Shaping cities for health
Nature and Health
Integrating health into the complex urban planning policy and decision-making context
Handbook of Megacities and Megacity-Regions
Wanted
Backcasting in futures studies
The Futures of the City Region
Introduction
Essence of backcasting
Metropolitan vision making – using backcasting as a strategic learning process to shape metropolitan futures
Participative backcasting
Dilemmas in a general theory of planning
Rethinking conceptual frameworks and models of health and natural environments
Ethics and positionality in qualitative research with vulnerable and marginal groups
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |