Urban Health, Sustainability, and Peace in the Day the World Stopped

This book covers the nexus between urban health, sustainability, and peace.

'Urban Health, Sustainability, and Peace' is the first book that attempts to put these three critical areas together. This novelty approaches the subject matter by delving into evaluating what works, what does not work, and what should be done to achieve healthy cities. We believe this book will be beneficial to a wide range of stakeholders, particularly policymakers, planners, and developers, who continuously shape and reshape the structure and environments of our cities and communities. Unfortunately, in most cases, the healthiness of the cities may not be of their immediate concern. Nevertheless, it is the concern of the end-users, citizens, or simply those who live and work in cities and communities worldwide. To safeguard peace in cities, one has to consider sustaining urban health; and that is the main aim of this book.

The ongoing pandemic gives us an excellent reason to study cities'health. During such a disruptive time, we detect many flaws in cities and communities around the world. We primarily identify the negative impacts on sustainability and peace in cities. In order to sustain a healthy city, this book evaluates six sustainability dimensions of physical, environmental, economic, social, institutional, and technical. It then utilizes eight primary dimensions of positive peace, evaluating critical areas for future considerations in urbanism. These considerations include making cities smarter, more resilient, and more sustainable. The book's ultimate goal is to highlight how we should progress to maintain and sustain urban health. As a continuation to 'The City in Need,', this book covers the nexus between urban health, sustainability, and peace. Furthermore, by reflecting on the ongoing pandemic crisis, metaphorically labelled as 'The Day the World Stopped,', we delve into some key areas beyond the usual planning and policy guidelines. Lastly, the bookintends to highlight what has not been studied before, i.e., the relationship between urban health, sustainability, and peace.

Auteur

Ali Cheshmehzangi is Full Professor of Architecture and Urban Design with a Ph.D. in Architecture and Urban Design, Master's degree in Urban Design, a Graduate Certificate in Professional Studies in Architecture, and Bachelor's degree in Architecture. He is Urbanist and Urban Designer by profession and by heart. He studies cities and city transitions, sustainable urbanism, and integrated urban design strategies. He is Head of the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET), and Director of Urban Innovation Lab at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He is also Specially Appointed Professor at Hiroshima University, Japan. More recently, he works on two research projects on 'integrated urban modelling framework' and 'ICT-based smart technologies for resilient cities'. Some of his previous projects are 'smart eco-cities in China and Europe,' 'low-carbon town planning in China,' 'green infrastructure of cities,' 'nature-based solutions in China,' 'toolkit for resilient cities,' 'sponge city program' and 'green development in China,' 'low carbon and climate-resilient planning,' and other urban transition studies. So far, he has +95 published journal papers and seven other published books, titled 'Designing Cooler Cities' (2017), the award-winning 'Eco-development in China' (2018), 'Sustainable Urban Development in the Age of Climate Change' (2019), 'Identity of Cities and City of Identities' (2020), 'The City in Need' (2020), 'Urban Memory in City Transitions' (2021), and 'Sustainable Urbanism in China' (2021). He has recently co-authored his eighth book on 'Low Carbon Transitions in China.'

Contenu

Chapter 1 Urban Health during the Pandemic: Why does it matter?

1.1 A General Overview of Urban Health in the Day the World Stopped

1.2 A Brief Discussion about 'Urban Health Equity'

1.3 Urban Health and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

1.4 Structure of the Book: Maintaining Health, Sustainability, and Peace in Cities

References

Chapter 2 Signifying the Correlation between Urban Health, Sustainability, and Positive

Peace

2.1 The Significance of Inequalities and Facing the Pandemic

2.1.1 Beyond the Three Primary P's: Planning, Policies, and People 2.2 Introduction to Positive Peace for Healthy Cities

2.2.1 Positive Peace Pillars or Domains

2.2.2 Positive Peace Dimensions and Sustainability

2.3 Introduction to Sustainability Dimensions for Healthy Cities

2.4 A Summary: Correlation between Health, Sustainability, and Peace (HSP)

References

Part I: Sustainability and Peace: Urban Health from the Physical Dimension

Chapter 3 The Role of Urban Density and Land Use Planning in Keeping the Cities Healthy

3.1 A General Overview of Urban Density and Land Use Planning

3.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted during the Pandemic

3.3 Addressing the Flaws

3.4 A Summary

References

Chapter 4 Resilient Urban Form: There is no Myth in Enhancing Resilience through Urban

Morphologies

4.1 A General Overview of Resilient Urban Form and Morphologies

4.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted during the Pandemic

4.3 Addressing the Flaws4.4 A Summary

References

Chapter 5 - Critical Infrastructures and Safeguarding the City's Sustainability and Peace

5.1 A General Overview of Critical Infrastructures in Cities

5.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted during the Pandemic

5.3 Addressing the Flaws

5.4 A Summary

References

Part II: Sustainability and Peace: Urban Health from the Environmental

Dimension

Chapter 6 - Well-Functioning Government and Peaceful Living Environments

6.1 A General Overview of Well-functioning Government for the Urban Environments

6.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted during the Pandemic

6.3 Addressing the Flaws

6.4 A Summary

References

Chapter 7 - The City needs its Essential Systems: Sustaining the Primary Operations

7.1 A General Overview of Urban Essential Systems from the Environmental Sustainability

Perspective

7.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted during the Pandemic

7.3 Addressing the Flaws

7.4 A Summary

References

Chapter 8 - Resource Efficiency and Distribution: Healthy Environments for Healthy Cities

8.1 A General Overview of Healthy Resource Efficiency and Distribution

8.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted during the Pandemic

8.3 Addressing the Flaws

8.4 A Summary

References

Part III: Sustainability and Peace: Urban Health from the Economic Dimension

Chapter 9 - Healthy Business Environment and Facing Intolerable Disruptions

9.1 A Brief Exploration: Healthy or Sound Business Environment in Cities 9.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted during the Pandemic

9.3 Addressing the Flaws

9.4 A Summary

ReferencesChapter 10 - Low Level of Corruption: A Crossover between Economy and Institutional

Structures

10.1 A Brief Exploration: Low Level of Corruption in Achieving Economic Sustainability

10.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted during the Pandemic

10.3 Addressing the Flaws

10.4 A Summary

References

Chapter 11 - The Role of Supply Chain Resilience in Contemporary Age

11.1 A Brief Exploration: Supply Chain Resilience and Healthy Economies 11.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted during the Pandemic

11.3 Addressing the Flaws

11.4 A Summary

References

Part IV: Sustainability and Peace: Urban Health from the Social Dimension Chap...