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Planning and Design as Healing Arts: Towards a Framework for Sustainable Cities Clark, Lindsay

Abstract

This project aims to shed light on the deeply alive, human dimensions of sustainability work by proposing planning and design as healing arts. It calls for deeper inquiry into the relationships between healthy cities and the people that shape and live within the built environment. Drawing on current sustainability planning frameworks as well as a broad literature on health and wellness, this research seeks to deepen our understanding of what constitutes healing cities. It is my hope that taking into account what elements make people “whole” will bring new vibrancy and depth to the current conversation surrounding sustainable development. The result of this project is the Healing Cities Framework that incorporates mind, body, and spirit, dimensions into a holistic sustainability planning approach.

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Title
Planning and Design as Healing Arts: Towards a Framework for Sustainable Cities
Creator
Clark, Lindsay
Date Issued
2010-08
Description
This project aims to shed light on the deeply alive, human dimensions of sustainability work by proposing planning and design as healing arts. It calls for deeper inquiry into the relationships between healthy cities and the people that shape and live within the built environment. Drawing on current sustainability planning frameworks as well as a broad literature on health and wellness, this research seeks to deepen our understanding of what constitutes healing cities. It is my hope that taking into account what elements make people “whole” will bring new vibrancy and depth to the current conversation surrounding sustainable development. The result of this project is the Healing Cities Framework that incorporates mind, body, and spirit, dimensions into a holistic sustainability planning approach.
Subject
Healing Art; Sustainability; Healthy cities; Healing cities; Holistic; Social sustainability; Planning; Wellness; Sustainable development; Built environment
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. SCARP Graduating Projects
Date Available
2016-02-01
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0107194
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29642
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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