Creating Urban and Workplace Environments for Recovery and Well-being New Perspectives on Urban Design and Mental Health

"Based upon the intertwined concepts of human recovery and urban resilience, this important and insightful book shows how well-planned and well-designed urban environments can support our health and resilience. I appreciate the broadening of the focus to include not only living environments but also those environments where we work and commute. Nature and biodiversity are key to environments that promote recovery, resilience and wellbeing, as shown by many of the excellent contributions by leading experts. I can highly recommend this book to all of us who are helping to shape better urban environments."

Dr Cecil Konijnendijk, Director, Nature Based Solutions Institute, Sweden

"Creating Urban and Workplace Environments for Recovery and Well-being is a collection of timely, relevant and comprehensive stories, reminding us that our daily surroundings, be it urban nature or a workplace, have tremendous impact on human health and well-being. In a time where the demands for multi-functionality of urban open spaces, and especially urban nature and green spaces, is dramatically increasing, this book documents and exemplifies how human health and well-being can be addressed in practice as well as in research, and in all phases from policy making to planning, design, implementation, and long-term management. This is an excellent 'must-read' for practitioners as well as researchers in the field."

Dr Thomas B. Randrup, Professor, Urban Open Space Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences