Environmental Gerontology: Making Meaningful Places in Old Age
An important resource for all designers.
An important resource for all designers.
Kent and Thompson have assessed the literature linking urban planning and human health.
Where do people choose to take leisure walks?
Focus on play zones to maximize play.
Effective floor plans share certain features.
Research by Rosenkranz, Rosenkranz, Holt, and Duncan confirms that it’s important to design opportunities to stand and to walk into workplaces and similar spaces.
The designed and social environments (and the relationships between them) that effect mental and physical wellbeing in neighborhoods and among neighbors are carefully explored by Brower.
Synthesized the science/evidence-based research on landscapes that improve wellbeing.
Adding pleasant scents to environments may not always be a good idea.
Walk Score has released its 2013 walkability ratings for cities and neighborhoods, and they’re available at the web address below.