Designing Cities: Healthier and Happier
Event description
Join Diana Grigsby-Toussaint (School of Public Health) and Gil Penalosa (880 Cities) for a presentation on the importance of designing healthy cities.
Gil will present on specific actions for cities to become more equitable, sustainable, and playful, including creating areas for walking and riding bicycles, in addition to equitable access to public transit, parks, and trees.
Refreshments will be served!
This event is supported by Brown University (School of Public Health, Population Studies Training Center, Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Urban Studies), Rhode Island School of Design (Architecture for All), Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), 880 Cities, Cities for Everyone with Gil, and GrowSmart RI.