ISOCARP partnered with The Philips Center for Health and Well-being to convene an Urban Planning Advisory Team (UPAT) in Singapore. The subsequent report from the UPAT team focuses on values for livable cities of the future. The report is entitled 'Livable cities in a rapidly urbanizing world' and investigates the reality of 'non-city rapidly urbanizing regions', examines 23 case studies of urban initiatives, and puts forward original 'practical solutions' as immediate first steps towards more livable and sustainable cities and urban regions.
What would your top 10 ingredients be for a livable city of the future? And what would be your top 10 first steps to practical solutions for the future of livable cities?
The report can be downloaded here
The exact make-up of a liveable city is a well-debated topic (including this post on This Big City), and now The Philips Center for Health and Well-being has entered the frame with their new infographic.
Calling it a vision of the ‘three important and interlinked ingredients of a liveable city’, the Phillips Center have factored in social, environmental, and economic needs, concluding that the vital elements of a successful urban area are resilience, inclusiveness and authenticity. Click the Sim-City inspired infographic below to view it full size, and see how the Phillips Center further break down the three areas they consider key to creating liveable cities.
- Original article http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/big-city/23976/infographic-what-makes-liveable-city
This (work-in-progress) concept model shows the thinking around Livable Cities, a holistic and interconnected view. The most important components of livability are authenticity, resilience and inclusiveness - with sustainability as an underlying component. View the model.
Here is the first edition of the Insight Series on Livable Cities. This insight focuses on three important and interlinked ingredients of a livable city: resilience, inclusiveness and authenticity.
View the insight here
The Insight Series aims to share the work-in-progress of the think tanks operating within The Philips Center for Health & Well-being. Through illustrating a snapshot or a concept, they are aimed at stimulating discussion and debate around critical challenges in improving health & well-being worldwide.
The ‘Philips Index for Health and Well-being: A global perspective’
The ‘Philips Index for Health and Well-being: A global perspective’ report, is an analysis of responses from over 31,000 people across 23 countries, that provides new insight into people’s health and well-being across the globe.
The report reveals that people in India the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Singapore feel significantly more positive about their state of health and well-being when asked than those in some of the most developed economies of the world such as Japan, much of Europe and the Americas.
The Japanese and British are amongst the nations who rate their physical health the lowest, with the UAE and India rating it the highest. Dissatisfaction with weight is a common theme across all the countries surveyed, and there is a strong correlation between this and dissatisfaction with overall physical health, especially among women.
The situation observed with emotional health is very similar, suggesting a link between the two. Feelings of stress are also seen to have a significant impact on emotional health. While this is a worldwide issue, the highest levels are reported in India, Taiwan and Korea.
Surprisingly, although the report reveals that nine out of ten respondents believe that responsibility for looking after our health lies firmly in our own hands; this doesn’t always translate into action. Although almost two thirds of us will go and see a doctor if we have a specific health issue, more than half (51%) of us are unlikely to follow-up on our doctor’s advice.
Although people across the globe practice a variety of methods to improve their health, spending time with family and friends or relaxing at home are the main ways we enhance our sense of well-being. This influence is most notable in the Middle East and Asia.
The ‘Philips Index for Health and Well-being: A global perspective’ report marks the first global research report to be released by The Philips Center for Health & Well-being (www.philips-thecenter.org), a knowledge-sharing forum that provides a focal point to raise the level of discussion on what matters most to people, communities and thought leaders.
