Built Environment Through a Well-Being Lens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Built environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, 2023.

Summary:

The report explores how the built environment (i.e. housing, transport, infrastructure and urban design/land use) interacts with people's lives and affects their well-being and its sustainability.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Reader's guide

Conventions for figures in the report

Executive summary

Key findings

1. Viewing the built environment through a well-being lens: What it means for definitions and measurement

1.1. How is the built environment defined, and what are its key components?

1.1.1. Introduction

1.1.2. The OECD Well-being Framework: Why this holistic approach matters for the built environment

1.1.3. How is the built environment defined?

The issue of scope in defining the built environment

Academic approaches to the built environment

Governments' definitions of the built environment

1.1.4. Key components of the built environment with relevance to people's well-being

Housing (residential buildings)

Urban Design/Land Use

Transport

Technical Infrastructure (Energy, water, waste management and digital infrastructure)

1.2. How can the built environment be measured and assessed? What are the factors that shape its future evolution?

1.2.1. Which national statistical sources deal with the built environment?

1.2.2. How is the built environment assessed?

1.2.3. Which indicators are both important and relevant?

References

Annex 1.A. The built environment in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Annex 1.B. Data quality description of selected indicators to describe the built environment and its components

Notes

2. The state of the built environment and how it impacts well-being and sustainability

2.1. Using a well-being lens to examine the built environment

2.2. Well-being and the built environment: Housing

2.2.1. The inter-relationship between well-being and housing

Material conditions and economic capital

Wealth and consumption

Work and job quality

Economic capital

Quality of life, human capital and natural capital

Physical and mental health.

Environmental quality and natural capital

2.2.2. The state of housing in OECD countries

Housing quantity

Housing quality

Housing affordability

Housing space

Housing basic facilities

Housing distress

2.3. Well-being and the built environment: Transport

2.3.1. The inter-relationship between well-being and transport

Consumption

Environmental quality and natural capital

Safety

Physical and mental health

2.3.2. The state of transport in OECD countries

Infrastructure stock

Transport quality

Accessibility of public transport

Effectiveness of public transport

2.4. Well-being and the built environment: Technical infrastructure

2.4.1. The inter-relationship between well-being and technical infrastructure

Water and sanitation

Energy Infrastructure

2.4.2. The state of technical infrastructure in OECD countries

Access to essential services (drinkable water, electricity and public sewerage)

2.5. Well-being and the built environment: Urban design/land use

2.5.1. The inter-relationship between well-being and urban design/land use

Income, consumption and housing

Community relations and social capital

2.5.2. The state of urban design and land use in OECD countries

Artificial surfaces

Urban built-up area

Average urban building height

Open space for public use.

Proximity and access to services and amenities

Annex 2.A. Definition and measurement of the indicators included in this report

Overall built environment

Housing

Infrastructure

Transport (focus on public transport)

Technical infrastructure (energy, water, waste management and digital infrastructure)

Urban design/land use

3. Next steps: Towards an integrated policy approach

3.1. Principles of a well-being policy approach applied to the built environment

3.1.1. The built environment features in several national well-being frameworks and indicators

3.1.2. A well-being approach for the built environment: 4Rs (Refocus, Redesign, Realign, Reconnect)

3.1.1. Refocusing the built environment on well-being

Redesigning built environment policies to promote well-being, inclusion and sustainability

Realigning the policy structures that support the built environment

Reconnecting the various public, private and civil society actors that shape and make use of the built environment

3.3. Countries' experiences: Well-being and sustainability policies for the built environment

3.3.1. New Zealand's housing and urban policies and well-being

Refocusing on well-being to anchor housing and urban policies

Redesigning policies with multidimensional well-being evidence

Realigning different agencies and partners around a common vision of success

Reconnecting with the wider community

3.3.2. Ireland's transport policies for sustainability and well-being

Refocusing on sustainable mobility and towards sustainable accessibility

Redesigning the transport system to address multiple dimensions of people's needs

Realigning land use and transport planning

Reconnecting through public consultation and stakeholder engagement

3.4. Conclusion and ways forward

References.

Annex 3.A. The built environment in national well-being frameworks and indicators

Notes.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

92-64-32312-0