Designing cities with health in mind
Public health specialist Professor Mark Stevenson on the need to prioritise physical wellbeing in our urban planning
Published 18 November 2016
Episode 381
We speak to urban epidemiologist Professor Mark Stevenson about the better human health outcomes to be had in cities that emphasise active transport modes like cycling and walking, while discouraging dependence on cars.
“We wanted to quantify for the first time the relationship between how our cities are planned, how that influences our transport choices, and then ultimately the health of citizens in those cities,” says Professor Stevenson.
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