TY - JOUR
T1 - Healthy built environments supporting everyday occupations
T2 - Current thinking in urban planning
AU - Thompson, Susan
AU - Kent, Jennifer
PY - 2014/1/2
Y1 - 2014/1/2
N2 - Occupation is intrinsic to human health and occupations emerge from environmental opportunities. They are shaped by features of the context in which they happen. Yet the places where many people live out their everyday lives are not supportive of health. Car-dominated transport systems, reduced opportunities to be physically active, limited opportunities to access healthy food, and fewer places for people to connect with each other to build safe and happy communities, are all implicated. These are part of the built environment which plays a critical role in supporting human health and well-being. This article draws on interdisciplinary research evidence to show how the built environment can sustain the everyday and ordinary occupations of living, keeping people physically and mentally healthy.
AB - Occupation is intrinsic to human health and occupations emerge from environmental opportunities. They are shaped by features of the context in which they happen. Yet the places where many people live out their everyday lives are not supportive of health. Car-dominated transport systems, reduced opportunities to be physically active, limited opportunities to access healthy food, and fewer places for people to connect with each other to build safe and happy communities, are all implicated. These are part of the built environment which plays a critical role in supporting human health and well-being. This article draws on interdisciplinary research evidence to show how the built environment can sustain the everyday and ordinary occupations of living, keeping people physically and mentally healthy.
KW - Everyday occupations
KW - Health and well-being
KW - Supportive environments
KW - Urban planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84897057719&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14427591.2013.867562
DO - 10.1080/14427591.2013.867562
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897057719
SN - 1442-7591
VL - 21
SP - 25
EP - 41
JO - Journal of Occupational Science
JF - Journal of Occupational Science
IS - 1
ER -