Descripción del proyecto
Hacia la mejora de la salud y el bienestar urbanos
Comprender la interacción entre las personas y los espacios urbanos es fundamental para encontrar maneras de mejorar la salud de los ciudadanos. En particular, las señales que se generan en nuestra estructura neurobiológica, que controla nuestras emociones y decisiones, durante esta interacción pueden aportar información muy valiosa. El proyecto eMOTIONAL Cities, financiado con fondos europeos, caracterizará los desafíos y las desigualdades en materia de salud urbana. Su trabajo dará lugar a un mapeo de ciudades eMOTIONAL innovador que se realizará a partir de análisis espaciales de datos sociales y de salud, además de experimentos de neurociencia. Para ello, el proyecto se basará en la planificación y el diseño urbanísticos, la neurociencia, la ciencia de datos y la tecnología.
Objetivo
As the world is becoming more urbanized and cities of the future need to be people-centred, robust evidence-based knowledge on the underlying biological and psychological processes, by which Urban Planning & Design influence brain circuits and human behaviour, will be critical for policy making on urban health. Emotions are key drivers of our decisions; similarly, our choices are the conduit for our well-being and health. Thus, research focusing on the signals triggered in our neurobiological architecture, responsible for emotions and decisions, while humans interact with the urban environment will shed light on how to improve population health, physical and/or mental. The eMOTIONAL Cities project was designed to fully characterise the intensity and complexity of urban health challenges and inequalities. By exploring the mechanisms and their dynamic, it complements conventional descriptive perspectives focused on exposure-outcome associations. It adopts a systems approach, based on natural experiments and actual problems of case-study cities (Copenhagen, Lisbon, London; and Lansing/Detroit in the USA). Building on theoretical foundations, novel eMOTIONAL city mapping will be generated by combining spatial analysis on social/health data with neuroscience experiments. Our research relies on mixed (qualitative/quantitative) methods and uses multidisciplinary instruments from Urban Planning & Design (GIS for land use, transport, climate and health), Neuroscience (fMRI, EEG) and Data Science & Technology (AI, Big Data and VR/AR reality). The analysis also addresses gender aspects and contemplates a clinical study to show that urban design can impact a vulnerable elderly population at risk of developing dementia. Finally, a novel machine-learning scenario discovery framework will allow testing and impact assessment (for cost-effectiveness, barriers and facilitators) of urban policy strategies to turn EU cities into smart, sustainable and inclusive environments. The eMOTIONAL Cities is a part of the European Cluster on Urban Health.
Ámbito científico
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SC1-2020-Two-Stage-RTD
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
1600 276 Lisboa
Portugal