This final chapter explores the crucial connection between resilience and health in the framework of urban design, with a particular emphasis on Brisbane, Australia. It highlights how crucial it is to incorporate health concerns into urban planning in order to improve public health outcomes and fortify community resilience in the face of issues like socioeconomic inequality and climate change. The chapter demonstrates how sustainable urban design can encourage social cohesion, active living, and improved food security through case studies, such as the Norman Creek flood mitigation project in Brisbane and the Kelvin Grove Urban Village. Important discoveries show that the relationship between health and resilience is greatly impacted by urban planning, emphasizing the necessity for legislative frameworks that give inclusive, accessible, and ecologically friendly designs top priority. In order to improve health resilience in urban planning, the chapter ends with policy recommendations. It also makes recommendations for future research directions to better understand the relationship between health and urban resilience. In the end, it promotes an integrated approach to urban planning that puts everyone’s health first and takes long-term sustainability objectives into account.

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Strengthening Health-Resilience Nexus Through Sustainable Urban Design in Brisbane, Australia

  • Ali Cheshmehzangi,
  • Baojie He,
  • Tong Zuo

摘要

This final chapter explores the crucial connection between resilience and health in the framework of urban design, with a particular emphasis on Brisbane, Australia. It highlights how crucial it is to incorporate health concerns into urban planning in order to improve public health outcomes and fortify community resilience in the face of issues like socioeconomic inequality and climate change. The chapter demonstrates how sustainable urban design can encourage social cohesion, active living, and improved food security through case studies, such as the Norman Creek flood mitigation project in Brisbane and the Kelvin Grove Urban Village. Important discoveries show that the relationship between health and resilience is greatly impacted by urban planning, emphasizing the necessity for legislative frameworks that give inclusive, accessible, and ecologically friendly designs top priority. In order to improve health resilience in urban planning, the chapter ends with policy recommendations. It also makes recommendations for future research directions to better understand the relationship between health and urban resilience. In the end, it promotes an integrated approach to urban planning that puts everyone’s health first and takes long-term sustainability objectives into account.