Making post-war urban neighbourhoods healthier: involving residents’ perspectives in selecting locations for health promoting urban redesign interventions

Post-war urban neighbourhoods in industrialised countries have been shown to negatively affect the lifestyles of their residents due design. This study aims at developing an empirical procedure select locations be redesigned and determinants health stake these locations, with involvement residents’ perspectives as core issue. We addressed a post-war neighbourhood city Groningen, Netherlands. collected data from three perspectives: spatial analyses by designers, interviews experts local social care (n = 11) online questionnaires filled 99). These provided input for selection multidisciplinary team 16). The yielded following types (and determinants): An area adjacent central shopping mall (social interaction, traffic safety, physical activity), park (experiencing green, activity, interaction) block low-rise row houses around public square safety). developed addressed, addressing perspectives. is potentially applicable similar internationally.