Urban Wellbeing: Right or Privilige?

Is urban well-being a fundamental right that empowers all individuals to realize their potential, or a privilege enjoyed by a select few? This inquiry sparks layered, multidimensional debates in contemporary cities, encompassing accessibility, justice, design, culture, and aesthetics. Urban well-being emerges not merely from individual quality of life, but through the intricate interplay of the built environment, public spaces, and the social, cultural, economic, ecological, and psychological dimensions of urban life. This session will examine how the multiplying thresholds across the city’s physical, digital, and social planes can be reimagined as gateways to shared living and inclusive pathways toward collective urban well-being.