SAFECITIES 2023 | DESIGNING CITIES WHILE PROTECTING PEOPLE’S MENTAL HEALTH

Lecture given at the Safe Cities event in São Paulo, Brazil (2023).
How can cities help protect our mental health? In the current context of growing urban populations and an increase in aging demographics, strategies to safeguard and promote mental health are becoming more important than ever. This is the focus of our lecture. The lecture challenges conventional city planning and encourages a fresh perspective: linking neuroscience and cognitive science to urban design, focusing not only on functionality but also on the minds and well-being of the people who live in these spaces.