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just a wee fragment of an idea - “therapeutic cities” as a framework for places that heal their residents and the larger ecosytems they are a part of.
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Health will become a factor in nearly every decision made by megacity inhabitants of the future. As responses to global warming become more widespread, individuals will merge the two concerns, linking decisions about personal health to environmental sustainability. This “green health” framework will create demand for feedback information about the consequences of everyday decisions in both highly personalized health impacts, but also understandable and immediate local and global environmental impacts.[i]
Urban mobility systems are rich with linkages between health and sustainability. Excessive dependence on private cars has been cited as one cause of childhood obesity in North America. Transit-based mobility has a lower carbon footprint per mile travelled. However, other connections will emerge around food, total carbon footprint (including manufacture of vehicles), air quality and pathogens inside transit systems, etc. Transit systems might become a key tool in the development of “therapeutic cities” – cities designed to improve the health of both its residents, and regional and global ecosystems.
