Article | REF: GE1006 V1

Urban nature and human health

Author: Gilles GALOPIN

Publication date: November 10, 2024

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6. A sustainable, viable city

6.1 Towards a new paradigm

The aim of this final chapter is to define the principles of a sustainable, viable city. Sustainability is associated with a functional and dynamic ecosystem. Viability is linked to the human species, by designing an urban environment conducive to individual and collective health and well-being, while fulfilling social, economic and urban planning functions.

Faced with the acceleration of aggravating phenomena such as climate change and urban population growth, governments have made commitments and taken decisions, but are these effective and sufficient? Governments, urban planners, architects, landscape architects, local authorities, associations and private individuals are developing numerous...

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