We've made a bubble-wrap generation.
We need to build a new Christchurch suitable for children.
Part of the re-imagination of Christchurch is conceiving of ways to
build cities and comunities that are happy and healthy -- physically and
emotionally. Grant Schofield in one speaker who is focused on the health
issues for our city. Grant is Professor of Public Health at AUT
University. Grant's research and teaching interests are in physical
activity, nutrition, and health. He investigates novel and sustainable
solutions to getting people moving more and making the world a happier
and healthier place. He has particular experience and expertise in urban
design, transport and health with involvement in several large projects
in this area. In physical activity measurement and epidemiology he has
expertise in both youth and adult measurement and how this measurement
relates to health. In environmental design he has a range of expertise
in how especially built environmental factors are related to
walkability, car dependency and sustainability. In child health he is
interested in how children's independent mobility (or "free ranging")
can be promoted and what the benefits of free, unsupervised play around
a neighborhood are.