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Can Temporary Use of Urban Spaces Improve Urban Health and Well-being?
Lunch and refreshments provided to attendees.
Contemporary cities are increasingly shaped by non-permanent spatial interventions—such as pop-up markets, green open spaces, mobile clinics, art installations, and event-based activities that offer flexible responses to evolving urban demands. These temporary spaces are frequently recognized for their adaptability and immediacy. At the same time, urban health and mental well-being have emerged as central concerns in planning, design, health and governance. Yet, the intersections between temporariness and urban health remain under-theorized and insufficiently explored.
This seminar, organised by GCHU Visiting Global Research Associate Dr Huiming Liu, invites open, interdisciplinary dialogue on the potential and limitations of temporary use of urban spaces in contributing to health outcomes and shaping users’ perceptual and emotional experiences. Rather than seeking definitive conclusions, the event aims to uncover shared conceptual frameworks, latent contradictions, and methodological opportunities for examining the spatial-temporal dimensions of health. Through cross-field exchange, the seminar seeks to identify both promising intersections and persistent gaps between temporary spatial practices and urban health agenda.
Date:
30 June 2025, 9:30
Venue:
Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details:
The Hub
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organiser:
Dr Huiming Liu (GCHU, Kellogg College)
Organiser contact email address:
gchu@kellogg.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Huiming Liu (GCHU, Kellogg College)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/can-temporary-use-of-urban-spaces-improve-urban-health-and-well-being-tickets-1410214332029?aff=oddtdtcreator
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Jessie Weavers-Medina
