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Innovate 4 Cities 2021 | UN Habitat Conference

Posted on by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

Tuesday 12 October at 15:45 CEST. Dr. Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo has presented her insights at the session 5H: Green spaces for healthier cities, which was fully recorded and available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df16SGuCO1w The Conference, co-hosted by #UNHabitat and #Mayors4Climate, brings together innovative research and science to help cities tackle #ClimateChange challenges. The global five-day virtual #I4C Conference covering #Science and #Innovation partnerships driving inclusive, resilient, and climate-neutral #cities, runned Read More

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Mental Health in Slums – the Case of Bangladesh Among Other Developing Countries

Posted on by Tahsin Tabassum

The share of the world’s population living in urban areas has been predicted to increase from 55% in 2018 to 60% in 2030 (UN, 2018). Every year people move to the urban areas from villages for various reasons. If we try to see this urban-rural migration under the push-pull model, push factors from rural end Read More

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How can VR improve mental health

Posted on by Weronika Gasior

Eascape, a new VR relaxation app created by neuroscientists and landscape architects, makes it possible to benefit from the healing power of nature without leaving home. The test version of the app has just been launched, as the whole world deals with the consequences of coronavirus waves and lockdowns. It is not a coincidence. In Read More

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Simply Green is Simply not Enough – a Prelude to Mentally Healthy Cities

Posted on by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

The fast-paced urbanization and disconnection of people from nature and the current series of lockdowns, contribute to an increasing burden of mental health disease in cities. Researchers have estimated that it is 39% more likely to develop depression when living in urbanized areas as compared to rural regions [source]. Other mental illnesses and neurodegenerative disorders Read More

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Networks of Nature: Integrating Urban Farming in the city Fabric

Posted on by Diana

Our programme Planting Seeds of Empowerment Mental Health and Well-being of the Communities starts this year with a new project created in collaboration with international organisations to emphasise the importance of nature in the mental health and well-being of people residing in heavily urbanised cities. The project entitled: Networks of Nature Integrating Urban Farming in Read More

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NeuroLandscape featured in BBC “My Perfect City”

Posted on by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

NeuroLandscape featured in BBC “My Perfect City” Series episode which was released on: 30 Dec 2020 New episode of the BBC World Service “My perfect city” features Dr Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo among other experts.  They discuss Singapore as a city which attempts to improve residents’ mental wellbeing through urban design. Generally, people in cities are likely Read More

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Healthy Cities – Cities for Humans, Conscious Warsaw 2020 (VIDEO)

Posted on by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

A speech presented during the “Conscious Warsaw – Sensing our City” webinar organized by the Center for Conscious Design, which took place on October 22, 2020, in Polish (English subtitles available in this video!). Dr. Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo presented a new concept of designing mentally healthy cities based on contact with salutogenic natural landscapes (Contemplative Landscapes) Read More

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The New Urban Normal_Dr Diana’s speech at TecNM (Mexico)_VIDEO

Posted on by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

24th September 2020. Tecnológico Nacional de México, campus Costa Grande, hosted an online event addressing the World New Normal in the interdisciplinary lens. Dr Diana Benjumea gave a speech regarding architecture and urban planning, where she sets a new paradigm of bottom-up, evidence-based urban design. Moreover,  she introduces NeuroLandscape projects and explains the global implications Read More

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Virtual Healthy Environments: Feasibility Study in Societies Affected by COVID-19 Summary of Results

Posted on by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

Between 19 April and 12 May 2020, we ran an online survey titled “VHE for Well-Being”.  Our goal was to better understand people’s psychological needs, especially the relationship between Covid-19 confinement and mental health. We also aimed to test feasibility and demand for Virtual Healthy Environments (VHE) – our solution for health and well-being. To do Read More

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Landscape & Brain – neuroscience data collection outdoors (VIDEO)

Posted on by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo

Rigorous neuroscience research would question collecting the neuroscience data outdoors, due to too many confounding factors occurring and researchers not being able to control them all. In the sensory exposure research, each participant has to be exposed to the same set of stimuli, which is very difficult if not impossible in an outdoor setting.  For Read More