Stress in the City
Stress in the City

Author: Enoch Li

Publisher: Inspirational

Published: 2018-07-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781911246978

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'A revolutionary call to rethink our mindset, and to adopt refreshing and fun ways to prevent burnout in the workplace'- Bill Lu, Vice President, Global Human Resources, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts'An evocative journey from mental ill health to mental wellbeing.' Chris Underhill, MBE, Social Entrepreneur. Founder BasicNeeds & Co-Founder citiesRISE'Enoch's story is not just worth reading, it is worth repeating.' Rui Ma, Ex Head of 500 Start Ups, China and Founder, Euzen Labs & Transformative Tech Academy'In Stress in the City, Enoch illuminates how playfulness can be one of the most potent vaccines against stress and depression.' Vivian Lau, President, JA Asia Pacific LimitedHaving grown up in Hong Kong and Australia and educated in France, Enoch Li always had international aspirations. By her 28th birthday, she had achieved everything she had ever laboured toward. Her mum was speechlessly proud of her financial earnings, she had a supportive and loving romantic partner, and she had lots of friends who adored her. So why did she feel as though something was missing?One could hardly guess that a strong, successful young woman who travelled the world, lived in multiple cities, had a high paying salary and had rocketed up the corporate ladder, would one day crumble to pieces, so hopeless and devastated that she believed life was no longer worth living.In Stress in the City, Enoch Li shares her experiences at the top of the corporate game, reflects on the warning signs she refused to see, and documents her journey back from the edge through the rediscovery of her inner child.Enoch also discusses how companies can help their executives be mentally and emotionally well through her research into the psychology of playfulness, workplace burnout, and company culture.You might just find that the toys around us may be more meaningful than you think Trigger are proud to announce Theinspirationalseries partner to their innovative Pullingthetrigger range. Theinspirationalseries promotes the idea that mental illness should be talked about freely and without fear. Find out more at www.triggerpublishing.com

Urban Ease
Urban Ease

Author: Allen Elkin

Publisher: Plume Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780452277410

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Written in the quick-witted style of a true cosmopolitan, this anecdotal guide shows big-city dwellers how they can simplify their lives, reduce stress, and maximize the pleasures of urban living.

Cities for Life
Cities for Life

Author: Jason Corburn

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2021-11-16

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1642831727

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In cities around the world, planning and health experts are beginning to understand the role of social and environmental conditions that lead to trauma. By respecting the lived experience of those who were most impacted by harms, some cities have developed innovative solutions for urban trauma. In Cities for Life, public health expert Jason Corburn shares lessons from three of these cities: Richmond, California; Medellín, Colombia; and Nairobi, Kenya. Corburn draws from his work with citizens, activists, and decision-makers in these cities over a ten-year period, as individuals and communities worked to heal from trauma--including from gun violence, housing and food insecurity, poverty, and other harms. Cities for Life is about a new way forward with urban communities that rebuilds our social institutions, practices, and policies to be more focused on healing and health.

This City Is Killing Me
This City Is Killing Me

Author: Jonathan Foiles

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019-08-06

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1948742489

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Jonathan Foiles weaves together psychology and public policy, exploring the trauma underlying urbanization in a book Kirkus Reviews calls an "urgent call for reform." When Jonathan Foiles was a graduate studen

Stress Relief Urban Planning
Stress Relief Urban Planning

Author: Samaneh Jalilisadrabad

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-09-05

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 9819942020

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Living in urban areas has long been recognized as a risk factor for mental illness despite the advantages of cities over villages. The impact of urbanization on mental health and stress is significant and is likely to increase over the next few years. Thus, considering the stress difference in the world cities and its increase, urban planners, urban managers, and urban designers should urgently consider it an essential principle in their plans and designs to reduce its side effects. This book is a comprehensive guide for urban planners who seek to reduce urban stress in the urban environment but lack proper training and texts. Urban designers will have a unified vision to reduce urban stress caused by the appearance of the city environment. It will be useful for city managers and policymakers since this book identifies urban policies which reduce urban stress and stressful urban factors. Also, it will help urban psychologists, sociologists, architects, and social science researchers to better understand the relationship between their field and stress relief urban planning.

Urban Heat Stress and Mitigation Solutions
Urban Heat Stress and Mitigation Solutions

Author: Vincenzo Costanzo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-08

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1000431525

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This book provides the reader with an understanding of the impact that different morphologies, construction materials and green coverage solutions have on the urban microclimate, thus affecting the comfort conditions of urban inhabitants and the energy needs of buildings in urban areas. The book covers the latest approaches to energy and outdoor comfort measurement and modelling on an urban scale, and describes possible measures and strategies to mitigate the effects of the mutual interaction between urban settlements and local microclimate. Despite its relevance, only limited literature is currently devoted to appraising—from an engineering perspective—the intertwining relationships between urban geometry and fabrics, energy fluxes between buildings and their surroundings, outdoor microclimate conditions and building energy demands in urban areas. This book fills this gap by first discussing the physical processes that govern heat and mass transfer at an urban scale, while emphasizing the role played by different spatial arrangements, manmade materials and green infrastructures on the outdoor microclimate. The first chapters also address the implications of these factors on the outdoor comfort conditions experienced by pedestrians, and on the buildings’ energy demand for space heating and cooling. Then, based upon cutting-edge experimental activities and simulation work, this book demonstrates current and forthcoming adaptation and mitigation strategies to improve the urban microclimate and its impact on the built environment, such as cool materials, thermochromic and retroreflective finishing materials, and green infrastructures applied either at a building scale or at the urban scale. The effect of these solutions is demonstrated for different cities worldwide under a range of climate conditions. Finally, the book opens a wider perspective by introducing the basic elements that allow fuel poverty, raw materials consumption, and the principles of circular economy in the definition of a resilient urban settlement.

Urban Mental Health (Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series)
Urban Mental Health (Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series)

Author: Dinesh Bhugra

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-06-11

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0192527061

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Over the past fifty years we have seen an enormous demographic shift in the number of people migrating to urban areas, proliferated by factors such as industrialisation and globalisation. Urban migration has led to numerous societal stressors such as pollution, overcrowding, unemployment, and resource, which in turn has contributed to psychiatric disorders within urban spaces. Rates of mental illness, addictions, and violence are higher in urban areas and changes in social network systems and support have increased levels of social isolation and lack of social support. Part of the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, Urban Mental Health brings together international perspectives on urbanisation, its impacts on mental health, the nature of the built environment, and the dynamic nature of social engagement. Containing 24 chapters on key topics such as research challenges, adolescent mental health, and suicides in cities, this resource provides a refreshing look at the challenges faced by clinicians and mental health care professionals today. Emphasis is placed on findings from low- and middle-income countries where expansion is rapid and resources limited bridging the gap in research findings.

Curbing Traffic
Curbing Traffic

Author: Chris Bruntlett

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2021-06-29

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1642831654

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In Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett chronicle their experience living in the Netherlands and the benefits that result from treating cars as visitors rather than owners of the road. They weave their personal story with research and interviews with experts and Delft locals to help readers share the experience of living in a city designed for people. Their insights will help decision makers and advocates to better understand and communicate the human impacts of low-car cities: lower anxiety and stress, increased independence, social autonomy, inclusion, and improved mental and physical wellbeing. Curbing Traffic provides relatable, emotional, and personal reasons why it matters and inspiration for exporting the low-car city.

Restorative Cities
Restorative Cities

Author: Jenny Roe

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-08-12

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1350112887

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Introduction to restorative urbanism -- The green city -- The blue city -- The sensory city -- The neighbourly city -- The active city -- The playable city -- The inclusive city -- The restorative city.

Commuting Stress
Commuting Stress

Author: Meni Koslowsky

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-29

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1475797656

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Several people have asked what motivated us to write a book about commut ing, something that we all do but over which we have very little control. As a matter of fact, the general reaction from professional colleagues and friends alike was first a sort of knowing smile followed by some story. Everyone has a story about a personal commuting experience. Whether it was a problem with a delayed bus, a late arrival, broken-down automobiles, hot trains or subways, during the past year we have heard it all. Many of these stories must be apocryphal because, if they were all true, it is amazing that anyone ever arrived at work on time, at home, or at some other destination. The interest for us likely stems from many factors that over the years have probably influenced our thinking. All of the authors studied and/or grew up in the New York City metropolitan area. For illustration, let's devote a few paragraphs to describing some of the senior author's (Koslowsky's) life experiences. As a young man in New York City, he was a constant user of the New York City subway system. The whole network was and still is quite impressive. For a relatively small sum, one can spend the whole day and night in an underground world (growing up in New York often makes one think that the whole world is contained in its five boroughs).