2024-12-22T03:43:53-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149935881/new-app-monitors-the-urban-environment-and-its-affects-on-mental-wellbeing Alexis Petrunia 2016-03-21T19:20:00-04:00 >2016-04-04T22:54:11-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bg/bg5pwirst8vtpj8k.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>As the number of people moving to cities continues to rise, with 66% of the global population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, it is critical to understand how urban living is affecting us</p></em><br /><br /><p>Living in a concrete jungle has its pros and its cons, but how exactly does urban living affect mental wellbeing? A new cross-disciplinary project intents to find out by using a smartphone app called&nbsp;<a href="http://urbanmind.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban Mind</a>. The app is designed to monitor various aspects of a metropolitan environment - specifically noise, density, overcrowding, walkability, sociability and street activity. The team is now inviting the general public to download the app on their smartphone and participate in the research for a period of seven days.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/66/66r3z7zyxn9piwiw.jpg"></p><p>&ldquo;As the number of people moving to cities continues to rise, with 66% of the global population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, it is critical to understand how urban living is affecting us&rdquo; urges representatives.</p><p>After downloading and installing the app, participants will be asked to answer questions about their current urban environment and mental wellbeing at random times throughout the day. When answering a set of questions participants also have the option o...</p>