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The article analyses the role of urban and environmental planning in the promotion of actions that improve the health and wellbeing of citizens. The first section describes the crucial action made by WHO through the “Healthy Cities” movement. The central part includes a reflection on the critical aspects connected to the renewed allegiance of urban planning and health and wellbeing promotion, identifying three major issues behind the success of this approach. The first issue complies with the importance of improving environmental comfort as an answer to the negative effects of climate change. The second one is the use of technology in the enhancement of public spaces in terms of performance and use. The last one concentrates on the importance of assessment and the necessity of not stifling it between numbers and determinism. In conclusion, two important aspects of this methodology are highlighted: the role of communities and the tactical approach.
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WHO European Healthy Cities Summit of Mayors, 12–13 February 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark [4].
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The considerations in this paragraph derive from ongoing research projects: Par. 3.1 – Proposal H2020 Seneca (Integrated System for the resilience Enhancement of European Cultural Assets); Par. 3.2 – PON Cogito (a Cognitive dynamic system to allow buildings to learn and adapt); Par. 3.3 – “Smart Tevere project” financed by the TIM Foundation.
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Zupi, M., Celani, P. (2021). Towards Healthy Cities – Three Key Issues. In: Bevilacqua, C., Calabrò, F., Della Spina, L. (eds) New Metropolitan Perspectives. NMP 2020. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 178. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48279-4_32
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