ECONOMIC GROWTH

Making cities emotionally intelligent places

Europe’s first ‘urban psychology’ summit looked at how we might make cities that better help people develop from pre-birth onwards. Chris Murray outlines the key points from the agenda-setting event.

The global rise in urban living poses many challenges for municipal governance: climate, air quality, cohesion and inequality are but a few. 

Yet poor levels of urban mental health – sometimes twice as bad as non-urban - are a hidden issue of deep concern, and whilst cities can create a kind of psychological robustness, they can also have impacts on emotional health.

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