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Building for a Healthy Life Other Manuals and Briefings Urban

WebA Design Toolkit for neighbourhoods, streets, homes and public spaces. Building for a Healthy Life (BHL) updates England’s most widely known and most widely used design …

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UDG speak to Medical News Today Urban Design Group

WebA recent article in Medical News Today discusses how urban design can affect our health and well-being, and how we should learn from the past to consider how …

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The Image of the City Urban Design Library Urban Design Group

WebThe American urban planner Kevin Lynch (1918 - 1984) was one of the most significant contributors to 20th century advances in city planning and city design. Having studied at …

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Designing Child-Friendly High Density Neighbourhoods

WebIt is about neighbourhoods of 60 dwellings per hectare or more, where children’s play is necessarily in shared public space of one kind or another. There is no continuous …

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Design for Well-Being

WebWe already know what types of environment improve health and well-being. Greenery is important – and access isn’t even vital (though that’s even better!) Restorative power of …

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Public Places, Urban Spaces: the dimensions of urban design

WebUrban designers - particularly academics - are curiously fond of drawing boxes with words in them, connected by arrows, as they try to puzzle out and describe the relationships …

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City of Well-being Awards Finalists Urban Design Group

WebThe radical drive of the City of Well-being is based on the argument that it is unethical to be unaware of the negative impact that planning decisions can have on health and well …

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Restorative Cities Book Review Urban Design Group

WebWritten by two social scientists, this book makes a useful contribution to the interdisciplinary nature of urban design. Why restorative and not also preventative, or simply cities …

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Restorative Cities Events Urban Design Group

WebIllustration taken from cover of Restorative Cities. The Urban Design Group, along with the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health, are delighted to invite you to the book …

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People and Plans

WebThis book came out when I was studying town planning at the Architectural Association and it became one of the main texts on the course where all of us were architects ‘converting’ …

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Gear Change A bold vision for cycling and walking

WebP14 Surfaces must be hard, smooth, level, durable, permeable and safe in all weathers. P16 Access control measures, such as chicane barriers and dismount signs, should not be …

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Southall Waterside, Ealing, London

WebDrawing on the original Borough motto ‘For All’ and existing cosmopolitan culture, Southall Waterside is a dynamic urban quarter – designed to support all lifestages, nurture a …

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DESIGNING FOR EQUITY AND RESILIENCE

WebWe’re delighted to invite you to contribute to the exchange of knowledge to ensure the design of our future cities embeds equity and builds resilience as a foundation for health …

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UDG Director Robert Huxford to speak at ACO webinar

WebUDG Director, Robert Huxford will be speaking at ACO's webinar, Moving to Health Positive Streets at midday on 15 September. Robert will present proposals from …

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SUDS & Green Infrastructure Events Urban Design Group

WebSUDS & Green Infrastructure. Tuesday 9 October 2012 - 18:30. The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ. The UDG and CIRIAinvite you to an evening event featuring …

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National Urban Design Conference 2023 Urban Design Events

WebDay 2 Friday 13 October 2023. Showroom Workstation – Sheffield’s independent Cinema - Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX – 2 minutes’ walk from the …

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