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Health and quality of life in urban areas

Health and quality of life in urban areas. Núria Blanes, Miquel Sainz de la Maza and Jaume Fons-Esteve ETC/SIA (SGR Interfase), UAB. Urban NEXUS Kick-off meeting, Sofia, 17 November 2011. Are European cities sustainable, habitable and healthy places to live?. Quality of life. Physical.

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Health and quality of life in urban areas

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  1. Health and quality of life in urban areas Núria Blanes, Miquel Sainz de la Maza and Jaume Fons-Esteve ETC/SIA (SGR Interfase), UAB Urban NEXUS Kick-off meeting, Sofia, 17 November 2011

  2. Are European cities sustainable, habitable and healthy places to live?

  3. Quality of life Physical Psychological Indicators • Human health indicators [% people affected by disease,…] • Nr of accidents • Life expectancy • Citizen satisfaction • City attractiveness • Stress • Unemployement Contaminated sites Building blocks of quality of life Airpollution Water quality Noise Green areas Cultural heritage City structure (Pop. density,…) Jobs Poverty Consumption Immigration Services

  4. Focus EU scope Socio-economicconditions Sex Age … Income Education Air quality Urbanpatterns and flows Noise Physicalenvironment / conditions Mobility

  5. Air quality

  6. Urbanpattern: soilsealing & density vs greenareas

  7. -75 -50 -25 0 25 50 75% I disagree - I agree Percentage of population above 55dB Perceptionmeasured Is noise a problem?

  8. agree disagree Perception and urban patterns Is noisea big problemin your town? Stockholm Dortmund Glasgow Leipzig Munich Helsinki Antwerpen Vienna Amsterdam Copenhagen Manchester Rotterdam Liège Braga Turin Brussels London Irakleo Rome Malaga Napoli Lisbon Madrid Barcelona Athens Cities are: concentratingstablede-concentrating 0 50 100% Source: DG Regio Urban perception survey and Eurostat Urban Audit Database

  9. Key issues • Integrated approach • Scales • Stakeholders • Knowledge • One problem One solution • New paradigms: • Urban management and integrated approaches: soundscapes • Preventive measures and policies in front of: heat island effect, heat waves, epidemic episodes, alien species,…

  10. Some questions for the discussion… • Do you think the topics addressed are the most important ones? • Are you aware of existing research studies / projects dealing with the items proposed? • Have those items been horizontally treated in other working areas? • Considering these environmental vectors or others? • Which elements can you identify as repetition of work already done? • Do you think key elements such as social equity/vulnerable population should be included in the research? How can we address them in the context of the project? • What models/tools/decision-making applications and criteria do you use/aware of to plan the development of an urban area? Are the items mentioned before included in the decision tree? • Which would be the best practices you are aware of by integrating environmental vectors determining quality of life with climate change and/or sustainable land use? • Are the links proposed to assess health with the other challenges relevant from your point of view?

  11. And some more… • Do you think integrated policies in urban areas have been really applied? When do you consider they are really effective for urban management? • What do you think is needed to develop and really implement integrated policies? • Do you know any example of a mobility policy including health aspects? Do you think it is important? How would you suggest doing it? • How to deal with the different definitions and delineations of urban areas proposed in different Directives? • What do you think would be the best way to share the information? How to avoid information loss? How to manage huge amounts of information and with different levels of detail?

  12. Thank you very much for your attention Any question? Urban NEXUS Kick-off meeting, Sofia, 17 November 2011

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