Designing Healthy Neighbourhoods: Tools and Networks to Connect Universities, Communities, and Institutions

Abstract

The paper deals with an example of technology transfer to support decision-making processes for the transformation of the built environment, highlighting the role of the university as a facilitator and innovator of scenarios. The discussion concerns the impacts produced by the research Healthy Neighbourhood Hub, precisely value enhancement of knowledge achieved by connecting different sectors such as architecture, social and health policies; relevance of the results achieved with respect to the local context: peripheral urban area with high deprivation, and the adoption in the Municipal Operational Plan of the conceptual model developed by the research; added value for the beneficiaries: participatory initiatives based on evidence that raise awareness on health-environment, and tools to support the design of the healthy neighbourhood.