[GeoIT.org] Invitation to a RAM Colloquium with Dr Victoria Houlden

[Rene Westerholt]

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you to the first talk in this term's RAM 
Colloquium Series:


      Naturally urban? – Interdisciplinary perspectives on the
      socio-spatial relationships between greenspace and wellbeing


            Dr Victoria Houlden (University of Leeds); Friday, 21 May,
          11 am CET / 10 am GMT, virtual event

Registration is possible via the following Google Form (the link to the 
Zoom session will be shared with all registered participants closer to 
the event): https://forms.gle/SmkjHHhap5JWz6ef6

The RAM Colloquium is a forum for discussing the latest research in the 
field of geographical information science. Invited speakers will report 
on their recent and ongoing work and provide an outlook on major lines 
and challenges ahead in their respective fields. This time, Dr Victoria 
Houlden, Lecturer at the University of Leeds, will deliver a talk 
located in the nexus of urban geography, planning, and mental health. 
You will find the abstract below and attached. Do not hesitate to 
forward this message and the attached PDF invitation to your PhD 
students, colleagues, and anybody who might be interested in the talk 
and discussion.

We look forward to lively participation and discussion!
René Westerholt and the RAM team

*Abstract:*

Increasing urbanisation and socio-spatial inequalities have highlighted 
disparities in both mental health and access to nature, reinforcing the 
crucial need to understand how the built environment can support health. 
One approach is through improved greenspace design, by connecting 
residents to the natural environment within which humans evolved and are 
best adapted to flourish. Growing availability of geospatial data and 
large-scale longitudinal surveys provides a unique opportunity to 
integrate interdisciplinary perspectives on the relationship between 
land use and health, disentangling the contextual and compositional 
factors in how humans experience, and thus benefit from their 
environment. Combining methods from social and geospatial disciplines, 
this talk offers a novel discussion of how cities embody wellbeing 
inequalities, and how the quantity, quality, and accessibility of 
greenspaces may be optimised to improve mental wellbeing.


-- 
Dr René Westerholt FRGS
[Juniorprofessor]
[Head, Spatial Modelling Lab]

TU Dortmund University
School of Spatial Planning
Room III/318
August-Schmidt-Straße 10
44227 Dortmund
Germany

[Tel] +49 (0)231 7552287
[Web (uni)] https://ram.raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de/ 
<https://ram.raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de/>
[Web (private)] https://www.westerholt-giscience.net 
<https://www.westerholt-giscience.net>
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