Creating Urban and Workplace Environments for Recovery and Well-being : New Perspectives on Urban Design and Mental Health (Paperback)

Part I: Conceptualizing the Problem 1. Urban flourishing: Human recovery and urban resilience as hubs for the city of the future Stephan Pauleit, Jurgen Beckmann, and Michael Kellmann 2. Commuting to work by car: Is travel time leisure time? Achim Elfering and Fabrice Huber 3. Eight days a week: Long working hours, recovery, and breaks K. Wolfgang Kallus 4. Designing urban green spaces supporting health and recovery Anna Bengtsson, Anna Ashage, and Patrik Grahn Part II: Designing Home, Private and Working Environments for Recovery 5. Built recovery: New perspectives on designing office and hospital work environments Gemma Koppen, Mark N. Phillips, Claudia Iovi?a, and Tanja C. Vollmer 6. Natural spaces for stress recovery and mental well-being across the life course Matilda van den Bosch and Ingrid Jarvis 7. Urban densification, access to green space and well-being: Consequences of not owning private green space and crowded public green spaces Sjerp de Vries and Lauriane Suyin Chalmin-Pui 8. A tale of two restorations: Urban biodiversity underpins ecosystem restoration and promotes psychological restoration Monika Egerer and Melissa Marselle Part III: Urban Planning and Management for Recovery 9. Impacts of heat on human well-being: Creating restorative indoor and outdoor thermal environments in a changing climate Amelie Bauer, Hannah Lehmann, Teresa Zoelch, and Stephan Pauleit 10. Urban safety as a prerequisite for reduced stress and recovery opportunities in the city of tomorrow: Reflections beyond gender-neutral planning practices Vania Ceccato 11. Multi-scale urban design and recovery: Strategies, pathways, and implications Lanqing Gu and Martin Knoll 12. Creating urban and workplace environments for recovery and well-being: A concluding summary Jurgen Beckmann, Michael Kellmann, and Stephan Pauleit