Perspective Chapter: The Role of Environments and Social Networks in Human Health

The impact that environments have on human functioning for the development of capacities, the creation of resilience, and the prevention of psychological effects and biological diseases will depend on the exposure scenarios in which people live, as these can generate vulnerability or protection for health. Therefore, it is important to reflect on the need to guarantee housing, urban, psychosocial, and community conditions that promote physical well-being, spirituality, sports, sociability, and mental health in individuals. This is to foster the autonomous and free development of personality that improves interactions between empathetic, community-based beings. Understanding urban environments in human health opens up new interpretations of the role of space in social interactions and how we communicate in the physical and digital worlds.