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Bradford’s co‑designed play improves physical activity
How co-designed, health-focused places and community spaces can encourage children to be more physically active and improve overall wellbeing.
Dan Johnson
5 days ago1 min read


We cannot medicate our way to wellness.
Saluura helps identify how neighbourhoods can make healthier, more active lifestyles easier and more accessible.
Dan Johnson
Sep 181 min read


Steps that matter to creating wellness cities.
Walking is fundamental to healthier cities, but people need places that make everyday movement easy and appealing.
Dan Johnson
Sep 41 min read


Green space: movement, mood, and longer lives. Shaping Places to deliver the 3-30-300 Rule.
The 3-30-300 Rule offers a simple benchmark for healthier, greener neighbourhoods, linking trees, canopy cover and access to green space with better wellbeing.
Dan Johnson
Sep 21 min read


Trends in Wellness
As demand for healthier places grows, so does the need to measure and deliver wellbeing at the scale of whole places.
Dan Johnson
Aug 251 min read


Can forests became part of the wellness infrastructure of our towns, cities and new developments?
The recognition of forests and green infrastructure as health assets is growing.
Dan Johnson
Aug 202 min read


The NPPF puts wellbeing at the heart of planning policy. Here's how Saluura evidences it.
The updated NPPF puts health and wellbeing at the heart of planning. See how Saluura's 800-metre wellness appraisal delivers the evidence.
Dan Johnson
Aug 192 min read


What the pub of the future tells us about the future of placeshaping
Holland & Barrett's alcohol-free pub concept signals a shift toward wellness. See why Saluura says our places need to adapt too.
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Dan Johnson
Aug 172 min read


Swimmable places: why blue infrastructure is essential to liveable cities
London's Clean Rivers plan sets out a swimmable future. Saluura explores why blue infrastructure matters as much as green for healthy cities.
Dan Johnson
Aug 142 min read


Global inactivity levels are a local placeshaping challenge.
The environments we create have a profound influence on behaviour.
Dan Johnson
Aug 111 min read
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