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The current crisis has reinforced the vital role that public places play in bringing people together and promoting wellbeing. It is important to start thinking about the roles and duties of public spaces and how we can change them for the next phase of the pandemic and a more sustainable future. The recommendations for a healthy safe, and sustainable public space - analyzed in the paper - are framed into the following key points: Mitigate present and future pandemics; Promoting public health and well-being. These recommendations are applied to the design experimentation in a small city in Italy, that explores the relationships between psycho-physical well-being and public space in the design of an urban park. The recommendations for a healthy, safe and sustainable public space may provide a useful basis for Designers, Policy Makers, Public Health experts and Local Health Agencies, in promoting actions and policies aimed to transform public space in healthier and salutogenic spaces.
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Cellucci, C., Di Sivo, M. (2021). Post-pandemic Public Space. The Challenges for the Promotion of Well-Being and Public Health in the Post-covid City. In: Charytonowicz, J., Maciejko, A., Falcão, C.S. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Architecture, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 272. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80710-8_22
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