Book review: Mobility, Sociability and Well-being of Urban Living
27th Feb 2018
Book review: Mobility, Sociability and Well-being of Urban Living
A new book review by Jonathan Corcoran is now available online
Understanding the key ingredients and mechanisms that act to promote the health, safety and well-being of urban dwellers is an endeavour that engages scholars across many disciplines. In the face of significant urban growth, knowing and enhancing the drivers that underpin health, safety and well-being is a topic of rising importance with practical significance for policy and planning. The challenge for researchers is assembling the necessary evidence to be able to isolate and understand these key ingredients and mechanisms in a manner through which policy can be better grounded. It is only when we have this evidence that we will be able to design effective policy through which resilient communities that are able to maximise social and economic participation can be nurtured.
Access and read the full review here
