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A transport vision that shows how we can be…
Cardiff, the capital of and largest city in Wales, has just launched its Transport Vision to 2030: Changing how we move around a growing city. Just to do what it says on the tin would be ambitious: in fact this vision has the capacity to lead this city much further improving quality of life and reducing inequalities in the city.
Read more “A transport vision that shows how we can be living better.”
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Journey to a Healthier Wales, Placemaking Matters
The Future Generations Commissioner For Wales has launched a key part their flagship programme, Art of the Possible. Urban Habitats has been privileged to contribute thinking to this and here our director, Mark Drane, shares his reflections on the new Journey Checker resources and what this means for practitioners.
Read more “Journey to a Healthier Wales, Placemaking Matters”
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Place plans – how good is my place?
Increasingly it is recognised across that the creation of our places where people live, work, play, and learn, needs to involve the people who are actually living, working, playing, or learning there.
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wellbeing
Why architects matter: book review
We all experience the built environment – every day – the good – the bad. The time has come for a total reappraisal of architects and this needs thinking that challenges the status quo and supports change. It’s in all our shared interest that this happens.
healthcare
Our homes: our health
Decent housing means fewer emergency hospital admissions – new research Read more “Our homes: our health”
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Investing for wellbeing in higher education estates and campus…
With over £3.0 billion per year invested in campuses are UK universities realising the potential benefits this investment could have for wellbeing and health? Read more “Investing for wellbeing in higher education estates and campus planning.”
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We can’t carry on like this.
We can’t carry on like this. How can we better invest in health and wellbeing of Wales?
Allen ni ddim parhau fel hyn. Sut allen ni fuddsoddi’n well yn iechyd a llês Cymru Read more “We can’t carry on like this.”
healthcare
healthcare 2040: a declining market?
Healthcare spending is increasing : we need to design health into our communities and prove the projections wrong. Read more “healthcare 2040: a declining market?”