Merging Smart and Healthy Cities to Support Community Wellbeing and Social Connection
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Published:2023-08-31
Issue:3
Volume:3
Page:1067-1084
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ISSN:2673-8392
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Container-title:Encyclopedia
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Encyclopedia
Author:
Thompson Susan1ORCID, Rahmat Homa2, Marshall Nancy3, Steinmetz-Weiss Christine2ORCID, Bishop Kate2, Corkery Linda2, Park Miles2, Tietz Christian2ORCID
Affiliation:
1. City Futures Research Centre, Arts Design & Architecture Faculty, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia 2. School of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia 3. Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
Abstract
Urban planning has long pursued the improvement of health and wellbeing through the rapidly evolving scholarship and practice of health-supportive environments, underpinned by the seminal World Health Organization’s Healthy Cities Framework. Although a much more recent development, technology has been informing urban planning, as well as advancing healthcare and personal wellbeing monitoring and assessment. Known as the Smart City movement, it has much to offer regarding life in towns and cities, as well as how they are managed, maintained, and developed. There is also a growing appreciation of the potential for smart city technology to enhance human and environmental health in the context of urban planning and public place making. This has been reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic with its reawakening of community interest in health and wellbeing, including mental illness, a greater awareness of the importance of local environments, and an explosion of technological knowhow in the embrace of remote working, online shopping, and education. Using the example of the authors’ “Smart Social Spaces” project, this entry discusses the potential benefits of an evolving integrative concept called “Smart Healthy Social Spaces”. The aim is to support community wellbeing as part of everyday living, especially associated with social connection, in densely populated and culturally diverse urban environments, where locally situated public spaces are increasingly important for all citizens.
Funder
Australian Government, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, and Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet in the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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