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��Smart Planning for Healthy and Green Nordic Cities���

NORDREGIO FORUM

24 November, Hamar Norway

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Urbanisation is a key challenge for public health (WHO, 2016; Kuddos et al., 2020)

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Approximately 70% of global deaths are caused by non-communicable diseases (WHO, 2021)

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Even before COVID-19, around 27% of the adult population suffered from mental health (Wittchen and Jacobi, 2005)

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NORDGREEN

1. Green public spaces are resources for improving well-being, mental and physical health and preventing illness;

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2. Urban planning & design and governance can do more for public health

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GOAL/OBJECTIVE IN NORDGREEN�

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Develop & implement smart planning and management solutions for well-designed, high-quality greenspace that promote equity, health and wellbeing.

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EPIDEMIOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL

PSYCHOLOGY

CO-CREATION

GOVERNANCE

Epidemiology: Build knowledge on the impact of access and exposure to natural environments for mental and cognitive health

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Environmental Psychology: Develop knowledge of design processes for the development of health-promoting outdoor environments for all people

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Governance: Understand governance processes and provide know-how for municipalities to transform new and existing greenspace into restorative landscapes.

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Co-creation: Apply public participatory method (PPGIS) to understand and integrate citizens’ needs, demands and use of greenspace into the planning processes.

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INNOVATIVE RESEARCH�for smart and health-promoting

city planning

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Who is part of NORDGREEN?��Nordic collaboration:�

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Research Partners�Nordregio, SE�SLU, SE

NMBU, NO

Aalto University, FI

City Partners

Espoo, FI

Ii, FI

Stavanger, NO�Täby, SE

Vilhelmina, SE�(Aarhus, DK)

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THANK YOU!��Luciane Aguiar Borges,

Senior Research Fellow�luciane.aguiar.borges@nordregio.org