This issue of CONTESTI aims to stimulate the debate on cities, territories and health, inviting authors from different fields of knowledge to present their reflections through theoretical, methodological and descriptive contributions (e.g. case studies, analysis of new urban and territorial policies, project approaches, design experimentations) on researches, case studies and contributions highlighting the role of the urban environment and its characteristics (i.e. physical, functional, ecological, performative) as fundamental determinant of population’s well-being and health conditions; trans-disciplinary experiences and cases where public health studies inform or modify urban and regional planning and/or design; research and case studies related to the relationship and effects of climate change (at different scales)on the environment and health; analysis of urban or territorial policies and post-Covid design implementations conducted to support improved public health conditions and resilience to possible emergency events; contributions on the role and function of urban ecosystem conditions in inducing favorable settings fora healthier and more “biophilic” urban environments; theoretical reflections on the evolution of disciplinary relations between Urbanism and Health; research that develops innovative methodological approaches in the analytical and design interpretation of the role of the urban environment to promote better conditions for human health in its multiple meanings.

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Call for papers CONTESTI 1 | 2022

Learning Places/Places to learn. Designing Spaces for a mindful citizenship

Edited by Maria Rita Gisotti and Rosa Romano
The Call (ITA | ENG) is closed and the issue is in production. The articles will be published online in our Just Accepted section.