Dupré, Karine, Coulon, Jane, and Tavares, Silvia (2019) Healthy, happy and tropical – world's fastest-growing cities demand our attention. The Conversation, 28 March 2019.

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Abstract

[Extract] What does it take to be a happy and healthy city? In any city, myriad factors go into the mix – and of course we are not dealing with just one kind of city. But, due to the world history of colonisation, models are still too often European-centric. In particular, we need to adjust how we think about cities in the tropics.

Item ID:	58163
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
Keywords:	happy cities, healthy cities, tropical cities, urban design, urban planning
Copyright Information:	© 2019 the authors. Creative Commons: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0).
Date Deposited:	03 Jul 2019 23:11
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