This major international conference brings together health professionals, architects, urban designers, human geographers and more. It looks at the built environment from a health perspective. Please pass this on to interested colleagues. Thanks.
Conference: Health: The Design, Planning and Politics of How and Where We Live
Place: University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Dates: 25-26 January 2018
Keynote 1: Christopher Shaw. Chair, Architects for Health; Keynote 2: Faculty of Public Health (TBC)
http://architecturemps.com/bristol-2018/
For people unable to travel to Bristol, pre-recorded film and skype presentations are available. You will still be able to submit a written paper for publication in the journal series and associated books.
Abstract Submission (Round 1): 01 June 2017 Nb. This allows delegates needing an early decision
Abstract Submission (Round 2): 30 October 2017
http://architecturemps.com/bristol-2018/
Organisers:
The event is part of a series being organised by an international consortium of universities and publishers including: The University of Derby, La Universidad de Sevilla, University of Cyprus, Swinburne University Australia, London South Bank University Liverpool and John Moores University, UCL Press and Libri Publishing. It is coordinated by the UK non-profit research organisation AMPS as part of its engagement with the UN Habitat University Initiative.
This particular event is organised by the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
The city of Bristol:
One of the UK's most popular tourist destinations, identified in 2009 as one of the world's top ten cities, and named as the best city in Britain in which to live in 2014, Bristol also won the EU's European Green Capital Award in 2015. It is ranked as Britain's most-sustainable city. It is also at the centre of the UK’s art, music and cultural scenes.
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