#62: Helen Pineo - Healthy Urbanism from Planetary to Building Scales
Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
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Health and Well-Being in Different Cultural Contexts?
In Western countries, we've tended to under-emphasize those other factors. And I think part of that is deliberate because by focusing on those biomedical models,. It can also be commercial determinants where they're saying, focusing on our individual lifestyle factors and genetic makeup takes the focus away from broader factors like climate change impacts or even in some cases smoking and sugar. So I don't know if I could say that other cultures that I haven't studied or understood as well have a more holistic understanding of health. But it's very possible and I think interesting to think about how that would affect our built environment decision making.
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