Description: Prosocial Place is based in Liverpool, a European Capital of Culture that has pioneered innovative urban design, public health, social welfare and business enterprise for over two centuries. Where better to develop an equitable approach to city building than in this newly designated Social Value City.
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We are award winning urban designers and social scientists concerned with the negative effects of urban living and the unacceptable and costly impact this can have on the mental health and wellbeing of all citizens.
Prosocial Place is a practical response to the research that tells us that contemporary cities are not good for us, and it is our aim to identify and understand those aspects of the built environment that create this ‘urban penalty’, and to promote practical mechanisms to reverse their impact. We are pro-city, but understand that in order to make them liveable for all in society, modern cities need to be equitable.
We are about building resilient communities and places which demands an understanding of the interactions between mental, social and physical capital and in the effective management of those interactions to enable a flourishing economy and natural environment. This ‘understanding’ can be found at the intersection of distinct knowledge bases: health and wellbeing; public mental health; built environment and economic development.