What is health? How is it distributed among different groups and individuals? And how is urban and regional planning affecting people’s health? In this course you will discuss questions such as these to learn how to critically investigate how urban and regional planning intersect with public health.
Interdisciplinary expertise
With an interdisciplinary group of teachers with expertise in health studies, urban and regional planning, and gender studies the course and equips you with concepts and tools apt to examine health and planning on individual and societal levels.
Urban and regional planning is a matter of public health
Throughout the course special attention is given to the ways in which urban and regional planning matters to social justice and how health is distributed in society. Together we explore how the built and lived environment fit some individuals but at the same time work to exclude others, keeping in mind different definitions of health and well-being. In this way, the course develops your ability to identify and examine issues of accessibility and equality in relation to planning for health in different contexts.
In a time when the world is facing new health challenges and an aging population, but also an increased awareness and initiatives to improve health, the intersection of public health and urban and regional planning is a pressing issue. After taking this course you will be prepared for critically analysing health and equality and demonstrate how such analyses can be incorporated into urban and regional planning for health.