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The relationship between sustainable built environment, art therapy and therapeutic design in promoting health and well-being

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Liu, Zhen, Yang, Zulan, Osmani, Mohamed·2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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At present, a smart city from the perspective of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasizes the importance of providing citizens with promising health and well-being. However, with the continuous impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the increase of city population, the health of citizens is facing new challenges. Therefore, this paper aims to assess the relationship between building, environment, landscape design, art therapy (AT), and therapeutic design (TD) in promoting health within the context of sustainable development. It also summarizes the existing applied research areas and potential value of TD that informs future research. This paper adopts the macro-quantitative and micro-qualitative research methods of bibliometric analysis. The results show that: the built environment and AT are related to sustainable development, and closely associated with health and well-being; the application of TD in the environment, architecture, space, and landscape fields promotes the realization of SDGs and lays the foundation for integrating digital technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) into the design process to potentially solve the challenges of TD; and the principle of TD can consider design elements and characteristics from based on people's health needs to better promote human health and well-being.

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Authors
Liu, Z., Yang, Z., & Osmani, M.
Affiliations
  • South China University of Technology (CN)
  • Loughborough University (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Liu, Zhen
  • Yang, Zulan
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-10-17
Volume
18
Issue
20
Pages
10906
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3207802611
Cited by
23
References
89
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4
FWCI
7.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Guangzhou City Philosophy and Social Science Planning 2020 Annual Project (2020GZYB12)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Urban Green Space and Health
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Conservation › Art Therapy and Mental Health
Keywords
sustainable built environment, art therapy, therapeutic design, health promotion, well-being, Sustainable Development Goals, smart cities, landscape design, COVID-19 pandemic, building information modeling
MeSH terms
Sustainable Development, Built Environment, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Art Therapy, Humans

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