Why the talk is inspiring?

While urban green spaces – gardens, parks, forests – have been extensively studied for their benefits on physical, psychological and social well-being, water bodies and their surroundings – blue spaces – have been neglected, despite their important role in most towns and cities and the historic associations of seasides and lakes as recreational, holiday and health-promoting locations. The EU Horizon2020 Project “BlueHealth” addressed that shortcoming and focused on the role of urban planning and design to promote and support health and wellbeing. A set of tools was developed to assist planners and designers in achieving “evidence-based design” for urban blue spaces.

When: 2024 11 19, 7 PM. Where: National Gallery of Art, Vilnius.


Recommended book

Urban Blue Spaces: Planning and Design for Water, Health and Wellbeing

Simon Bell, Lora E. Fleming, James Grellier, Friedrich Kuhlmann, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Mathew P. White

Urban Blue Spaces: Planning and Design for Water, Health and Wellbeing is a major output from the BlueHealth project. It presents an overview of the history, theory and practice of the role of water in human health and well-being, followed by a range of tools for capturing the potential for planning and designing blue spaces. It includes a critical appraisal of a number of recent projects from around the world. The book is Open Access and anyone can download a pdf version.