Abstract
The neighborhood has become the focus of attraction of urban planners, designers and architects. Over the last two decades, the field of study of the neighborhood and its relationship with health has witnessed an explosion of interest. Several researchers investigated neighborhood problems and its impacts on well-being. Different urban problems vary in mental and physical health impacts. A lot of longitudinal and cross-sectional research linked the characteristic of neighborhood whether physical or social to the health condition of the community. Furthermore, heart disease, skin disorder, cancer diabetes, depression and drug use are some of the health problems that an individual might face while living in an insufficient neighborhood particularly in harsh climate conditions. In desert climate, thermal low performance can lead to urban problems such as the well-known phenomenon “Urban Heat Island (UHI)”. The later can lead to several illness syndromes for residents. Reviewing the literature revealed a gap in the knowledge on the detailed relationship between the urban design elements and the sick health syndrome. This paper discusses the negative impact of the neighborhood design elements and its interconnection with illness syndromes. Similar to the Sick Building Syndrome (SBS), the paper introduces a new term to define the relationship between the urban design elements and the sick health syndromes which is “Sick Neighborhood Syndrome” (SNS).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Cities of the Future |
Subtitle of host publication | Challenges and Opportunities |
Editors | Mady Mohamed, Asmaa Ibrahim, Mohamed Fekry |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 229-258 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031154607 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783031154591 (hbk), 9783031154621 (pbk) |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2 Jan 2023 |
Event | The 6th Annual Memaryat International Conference, MIC-VI, 2022 - Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Duration: 9 Feb 2022 → 10 Feb 2022 |
Conference
Conference | The 6th Annual Memaryat International Conference, MIC-VI, 2022 |
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Country/Territory | Saudi Arabia |
City | Jeddah |
Period | 9/02/22 → 10/02/22 |
Keywords
- Neighborhood
- Health
- Mental health
- Physical health
- Urban heat island
- Neighborhood problems
- Neighborhood design