Re-Imaging the Future in Urban Studies and Built Environment Discourse: A Neurourbanism Perspective
Neurological constructs are being applied in various fields; within urban studies and built environments, neurourbanism stands out. To understand this concept, this study seeks to conduct a scientometric analysis of the concept of neurourbanism. To do so, we gauged the intellectual structure and cla...
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| author | Emeka Ndaguba Jua Cilliers Sijekula Mbanga Kerry Brown Sumita Ghosh |
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| description | Neurological constructs are being applied in various fields; within urban studies and built environments, neurourbanism stands out. To understand this concept, this study seeks to conduct a scientometric analysis of the concept of neurourbanism. To do so, we gauged the intellectual structure and clarified the influencers and emerging themes while seeking to identify essential gaps in neurourbanism research in urban studies and the built environment. Data were sorted from Dimensions Artificial Intelligence platform because of its reliability in providing the needed dataset accurately, and the Citespace software was used to analyze the data. Our results suggest plurality in explaining the risk factors in urbanicity research, particularly regarding prevalence, incidence, and the general cause of psychosis in urban living. The study also shows that players in the construction sector, such as engineers, town planners, and developers, have not fully grasped how the built environment assists in improving well-being, reducing stress levels of urbanists, assisting migrants in settling into the community, and the general mental wellness of those who live in the city. The study also identified a correlation between urbanization and mental health and added that the main recipient of rapid urban transformation countries does not show leadership in neurourbanism studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06713564241b4211bfdbf5a2386b5d052023-11-24T13:41:03ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-11-011212205610.3390/buildings12122056Re-Imaging the Future in Urban Studies and Built Environment Discourse: A Neurourbanism PerspectiveEmeka Ndaguba0Jua Cilliers1Sijekula Mbanga2Kerry Brown3Sumita Ghosh4School of Built Environment and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Built Environment and Technology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth 6001, South AfricaSchool of Built Environment, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, AustraliaSchool of Built Environment and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Built Environment and Technology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth 6001, South AfricaNatural and Built Environments, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, AustraliaSchool of Built Environment, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, AustraliaNeurological constructs are being applied in various fields; within urban studies and built environments, neurourbanism stands out. To understand this concept, this study seeks to conduct a scientometric analysis of the concept of neurourbanism. To do so, we gauged the intellectual structure and clarified the influencers and emerging themes while seeking to identify essential gaps in neurourbanism research in urban studies and the built environment. Data were sorted from Dimensions Artificial Intelligence platform because of its reliability in providing the needed dataset accurately, and the Citespace software was used to analyze the data. Our results suggest plurality in explaining the risk factors in urbanicity research, particularly regarding prevalence, incidence, and the general cause of psychosis in urban living. The study also shows that players in the construction sector, such as engineers, town planners, and developers, have not fully grasped how the built environment assists in improving well-being, reducing stress levels of urbanists, assisting migrants in settling into the community, and the general mental wellness of those who live in the city. The study also identified a correlation between urbanization and mental health and added that the main recipient of rapid urban transformation countries does not show leadership in neurourbanism studies.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/12/2056COVID-19mental healthmigrationneurourbanismpsychosisschizophrenia |
| spellingShingle | Emeka Ndaguba Jua Cilliers Sijekula Mbanga Kerry Brown Sumita Ghosh Re-Imaging the Future in Urban Studies and Built Environment Discourse: A Neurourbanism Perspective Buildings COVID-19 mental health migration neurourbanism psychosis schizophrenia |
| title | Re-Imaging the Future in Urban Studies and Built Environment Discourse: A Neurourbanism Perspective |
| title_full | Re-Imaging the Future in Urban Studies and Built Environment Discourse: A Neurourbanism Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Re-Imaging the Future in Urban Studies and Built Environment Discourse: A Neurourbanism Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Re-Imaging the Future in Urban Studies and Built Environment Discourse: A Neurourbanism Perspective |
| title_short | Re-Imaging the Future in Urban Studies and Built Environment Discourse: A Neurourbanism Perspective |
| title_sort | re imaging the future in urban studies and built environment discourse a neurourbanism perspective |
| topic | COVID-19 mental health migration neurourbanism psychosis schizophrenia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/12/2056 |
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