This course offers an in-depth exploration of the connections between urban design and human health and well-being.

Participants are introduced to five key areas where research has demonstrated strong links between the physical environment and how people feel. The course provides strategies and methods to promote health and well-being in design, construction, and planning processes, guiding participants in analyzing existing spaces from perspectives of safety, usability, and sensory experience.

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Learning Objectives

• Understand strategies and relevant methods to promote human health and well-being in design, construction, and planning processes.
• Summarize the overarching connections between urban environments and human health.
• Conduct structured analyses and assessments of existing spaces focusing on safety, usability, and sensory qualities.
• Propose interventions and measures in the built environment to enhance human health and well-being.

Effort

8 - 12 hours

Format

Self-paced online course

For whom?

Urban planners, architects, designers, public health professionals, and others involved in shaping the built environment.

Provider

RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge and understanding of the urban planning process

Hub

North

Topic

Regenerative