Healthy Habitats Initiative: Future of Urban Health – Visions and Perspectives

The preservation and pursuit of “quality of life” in cities represents a fundamental challenge for the future. Regarding which developing visionary and innovative solutions requires an understanding of various socio-spatial, economic and environmental determinants of well-being in cities, and calls for an integrated, interdisciplinary research agenda. The Habitat Research Center is launching its activities on the theme of Health by bringing together researchers in Switzerland working on various aspects of health in urban contexts with the ambition of fostering collaboration, exploring future perspectives, and creating new research synergies.
Following the presentations in the first part, a panel discussion in the second part will invite the researchers to exchange their views about the future health challenges in cities, and interdisciplinary research directions to address them. Further the panel is invited to rvisit the validity and potential of an ambitious interdisciplinary research on the theme of urban walking, as a fundamental component of a healthy city.
See the detailed program and interventions here.