Resistant Cities
Urban Planning as Means for Pandemic Prevention (RECIPE)
Despite many previous and recent pandemic outbreaks in urban areas and rapid global urbanization, consideration of infectious disease prevention in urban planning has largely been neglected.
The RECIPE project explores the role of urban living environments and the potential of urban planning in anticipation and prevention of infectious diseases and thus pandemic outbreaks. The project combines expertise from the fields of environmental research, environmental health, history, information studies, public health, and urban planning. The project engages citizens, SMEs, planners and health professionals, cross-sectional institutions, and decision makers. The project provides new scientific knowledge of the linkages between urban living environments and health, deepens societal understanding of the linkages, develops tools and methods for resistant urban planning, and encourages cross-sectorial discussions and integrative policies between urban planning and health sectors.
The RECIPE WP’s and the respective PI’s are:
WP1 Management and coordination University of Oulu, Oulu School of Architecture, Urban Planning, Professor Helka-Liisa Hentilä
WP2 Interaction and communication University of Oulu, Information Science, Postdoctoral researcher Anna Suorsa
WP3 Pandemics and epidemics in urban planning history University of Oulu, Health History, Professor Heini Hakosalo
WP4 Biodiversity and soil microbiome Natural Resources Institute Finland, Research professor Hannu Fritze
WP5 Environmental impacts on health and wellbeing Oulu Deaconess Institute ODL and University of Oulu, CERH, Professor Raija Korpelainen and Professor Tiina Ikäheimo
WP6 Urban planning solutions and policies University of Oulu, Urban Planning, Postdoctoral researcher, Docent Emilia Rönkkö
Consortium member: Filha ry, Professor Tuula Vasankari
Project management and communication
Helka-Liisa Hentilä
Professor, Principal investigator, University of Oulu
helka-liisa.hentila(at)oulu.fi
Expertise: Healthy urban planning
Website: Helka-Liisa Hentilä
Hannu Fritze
Research professor, Vice principal investigator, Natural Resources Institute Finland
hannu.fritze(at)luke.fi
Expertise: Soil microbiology
Website: Hannu Fritze
Anna Suorsa
Postdoctoral researcher, Responsible for interaction activities, University of Oulu
anna.suorsa(at)oulu.fi
Expertise: Stakeholder collaboration, knowledge creation, interaction, knowledge processes
Website: Anna Suorsa
Anna-Maija Multas
Postdoctoral researcher, Communication officer, University of Oulu
anna-maija.multas(at)oulu.fi
Expertise: Stakeholder collaboration, information practices, information creation, health and science communication
Website: Anna-Maija Multas