{"id":10725,"date":"2025-01-14T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/the-future-of-healthy-cities-how-cities-are-using-the-health-megatrend-as-a-location-factor\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:05:20","slug":"the-future-of-healthy-cities-how-cities-are-using-the-health-megatrend-as-a-location-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/en\/magazin\/the-future-of-healthy-cities-how-cities-are-using-the-health-megatrend-as-a-location-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of healthy cities: How cities are using the health megatrend as a location factor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Urban health offers great opportunities for the future strength of our cities<\/h2><\/div>

In a rapidly changing world, health<\/strong> has found its way into urban development as a social megatrend<\/a><\/strong>. Today, health is not just the opposite of illness, but a comprehensive concept<\/strong> based on well-being, quality of life and social participation<\/b>. This opens up the potential for urban planners and decision-makers to use health strategies as long-term location factors. <\/p>\n

My thesis: In the competition between cities for the future and new residents, urban health can even become a decisive factor in place marketing<\/a>. <\/b>Urban health promotion offers huge opportunities not only for large cities, but small and medium-sized towns can also benefit from urban health strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what does “urban health”<\/b> actually mean ?<\/b> And what can city stakeholders do to raise the profile of their own city with this topic? – I will give you an overview of <\/span>“<\/span>Future healthy city<\/span>“<\/span> . I will also use the example of the small town of <\/span>Bad Sobernheim<\/a> (Rhineland-Palatinate), how a <\/span>consistent positioning around urban health<\/b> and how urban society benefits from it. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>

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Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isabell K\u00f6ster uses the example of Bad Sobernheim<\/b> to describe how cities can make urban health <\/b>visible and tangible as a location factor. She presents various aspects and examples of urban health<\/b> and outlines the positioning process as a healthy city. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Urban health: term and meaning<\/h2><\/div>

Definition of urban health<\/h3><\/div>

Urban health <\/b><\/span>encompasses a wealth of measures and structures that make a city a healthy, safe and liveable place for people. <\/span>This includes clean air, access to health services, green spaces, sustainable mobility, social participation and environmentally friendly urban planning.<\/span> The aim is to create and maintain healthy living conditions (physical, mental and social) for all city dwellers in the long term.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Central aspects of urban health<\/strong><\/h5><\/div>