Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Social Dimension
Teaching staff
Introduction
Metrics, tools and methods for planning and designing healthy and sustainable built environments, will be elicited through literature review –scientific evidence-, and analysis of case studies at all scales –from policies and regulations to planning and design- related to the social dimension.
The mains topics proposed for this edition are:
(1) Physical Activity in the City (Benefits/Problems), The City as a Gym.
(2) Safety Perception: Determinants of Fear, Effects of Fear in Public Space.
(3) Empowerment and Social Capital: Empowerment Theories and Urban Transformation, Social Capital in Urban Areas.
(4) Environmental Justice: Gentrification and Health in Global Cities, Health Effects in Gentrified Neighbourhoods.
(5) Everyday Urbanism: Cooperative Urban Transformation Processes.
(6) Citizen Science: Evaluation of Citizen Science Initiatives, Co-Designing Citizen Science Projects, Citizen Science and Urban Sustainability.