Urban blue spaces : planning and design for water, health and well-being Edited by Simon Bell [and five others]

Include index

CHAPTER 1: Blue space as an essential factor in environment and health -- CHAPTER 2: Potential benefits of blue space for human health and well-being -- CHAPTER 3: Co-design with local stakeholders -- CHAPTER 4: Generating evidence in support of site planning and design: The BlueHealth toolbox J -- CHAPTER 5: Assessing the land-water environment -- CHAPTER 6: Observing behaviour for site planning and design -- CHAPTER 7: Capturing affordances for health and well-being at the city scale -- CHAPTER 8: Assessing city-wide and local health and wellbeing benefits -- CHAPTER 9: A decision support tool for optimising blue space design and management for health -- CHAPTER 10: Reviewing the evidence for good planning and design -- CHAPTER 11: Urban river revitalisation -- CHAPTER 12: Seafronts, beaches, lakeside, and promenades -- CHAPTER 13: Urban wetlands and storm water management -- CHAPTER 14: Docklands, harbours and post industrial sites -- CHAPTER 15: Tactical urbanism, urban acupuncture and small-scale projects -- CHAPTER 16: Future outlook studies: the use of scenarios to create healthy blue cities.

"This book presents an evidence-based approach to landscape planning and design for urban blue spaces that maximises the benefits to human health and well-being while minimising the risks. Based on applied research and evidence from primary and secondary data sources stemming from the EU funded BlueHealth project, the book presents nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resilient cites. Numerous cities around the world are located alongside bodies of water in the form of coastlines, lakes, rivers and canals, but the relationship between city inhabitants and these water sources has often been ambivalent. In many cities, water has been polluted, engineered or ignored completely. But, due to an increasing awareness of the strong connections between city, people, nature and water, and health, this paradigm is shifting. The international editorial team, consisting of researchers and professionals across several disciplines, leads the reader through theoretical aspects, evidence, illustrated case studies, risk assessment and a series of validated tools to aid planning and design, before finishing with overarching planning and design principles for a range of blue-space types. Over 200 full colour illustrations accompany the case study examples from geographic locations all over Europe including Portugal, UK, Norway, and Estonia. With green and blue infrastructure now at the forefront of current policies and trends to promote healthy, sustainable cities, Urban Blue Spaces is a must-have for professionals and students in landscape planning, urban design and environmental design".