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Making post-war urban neighbourhoods healthier

involving residents’ perspectives in selecting locations for health promoting urban redesign interventions

Journal Article (2023)
Author(s)

Sijmen A. Reijneveld (University Medical Center Groningen)

Marijke Koene (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Jolanda Tuinstra (University Medical Center Groningen)

SC van der Spek (TU Delft - Urban Design)

Manda Broekhuis (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

C. Wagenaar (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Research Group
Urban Design
Copyright
© 2023 Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Marijke Koene, Jolanda Tuinstra, S.C. van der Spek, Manda Broekhuis, C. Wagenaar
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2197165
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Publication Year
2023
Language
English
Copyright
© 2023 Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Marijke Koene, Jolanda Tuinstra, S.C. van der Spek, Manda Broekhuis, C. Wagenaar
Research Group
Urban Design
Issue number
1
Volume number
8
Pages (from-to)
82-90
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Abstract

Post-war urban neighbourhoods in industrialised countries have been shown to negatively affect the lifestyles of their residents due to their design. This study aims at developing an empirical procedure to select locations to be redesigned and the determinants of health at stake in these locations, with involvement of residents’ perspectives as core issue. We addressed a post-war neighbourhood in the city of Groningen, the Netherlands. We collected data from three perspectives: spatial analyses by urban designers, interviews with experts in local health and social care (n = 11) and online questionnaires filled in by residents (n = 99). These data provided input for the selection of locations to be redesigned by a multidisciplinary team (n = 16). The procedure yielded the following types of locations (and determinants): An area adjacent to a central shopping mall (social interaction, traffic safety, physical activity), a park (experiencing green, physical activity, social safety, social interaction) and a block of low-rise row houses around a public square (social safety, social interaction, traffic safety). We developed an empirical procedure for the selection of locations and determinants to be addressed, with addressing residents’ perspectives. This procedure is potentially applicable to similar neighbourhoods internationally.