Abstract
Health is often conceptualized as an individual endeavour. When we are ill, the sickness—as far as the biomedical community is concerned—is experienced on asomatic bodily level. However, this particular perspective on health is severely myopic as it ignores the social nature of health. As recent research by geographers, urban planners, sociologists, and epidemiologists has indicated, our health outcomes arenot solely a product of our health ‘consciousness’ or biological/genetic variables, but are also a byproduct of where we reside and its immediate hinterlands—which include our neighbourhoods and the larger city. This presentation then looks to provide a brief synopsis of the research which speaks to how the morphology of our urban environment can influence our health outcomes. In particular, the presentation will focus on—what urban planners have coined—the ‘walkability’ of neighbourhoods and cities. It is found that residents living in areas that are rated as highly walkable often have lower prevalences of obesity and people that are overweight.
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