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View article: The emergence of a modern paradigm for urban health
The emergence of a modern paradigm for urban health Open
The importance of urban health in achieving population and planetary health goals is increasingly recognized. Cities offer important opportunities to improve health and wellbeing while also presenting significant challenges. As our underst…
View article: The emergence of a modern paradigm for urban health
The emergence of a modern paradigm for urban health Open
The importance of urban health in achieving global and planetary health goals is increasingly recognized. Cities offer important opportunities to improve health while also presenting significant challenges. As our understanding of and evid…
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
Evidence supports what we all intuitively know, that human health and planetary health are heavily influenced by the urban environments we create. Urban policy, programmes and projects have the potential to escalate problems or to provide …
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
Evidence supports what we all intuitively know; that human health and planetary health are heavily influenced by the urban environments we create. Outcomes for human and planetary health show worrying trends of ongoing and increasing risks…
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
Evidence supports what we all know; that human health and planetary health are heavily influenced by the urban environments we create. However, outcomes for human and planetary health both show worrying trends of ongoing and increasing ris…
View article: Improving children’s opportunities for play, physical activity, and social interaction through neighbourhood walkabout and photography in Bristol, UK
Improving children’s opportunities for play, physical activity, and social interaction through neighbourhood walkabout and photography in Bristol, UK Open
We describe neighbourhood community ‘walkabouts’ using photography as a pragmatic, low-cost methodology for engaging with disadvantaged and marginalised communities, to assist local authorities providing and consulting about city services.…
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOWHuman health and planetary health are influenced by the urban environments we have created. For both human and planetary health, trends showing a current decline and ongoing risks are leading to increasing concern g…
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOWWe all know that human health and planetary health are heavily influenced by the urban environments we create. For both human and planetary health, worrying trends show ongoing and increasing risks. These are of glo…
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOWHuman health and planetary health are influenced by the urban environments we have created. For both human and planetary health, trends showing a current decline and ongoing risks are leading to increasing concern g…
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOWHuman and planetary health are influenced by city lifestyles, city leadership, and city development. For both, worrying trends have led to increasing concern – and it is imperative that these become core foci for ur…
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOWHuman health and planetary health are influenced by city lifestyles, city leadership, and city development. For both, worrying trends are leading to increasing concern and it is imperative that human health and envi…
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOWHuman health and planetary health are influenced by city lifestyles, city leadership, and city development. For both, worrying trends are leading to increasing concern and it is imperative that human health and envi…
View article: Supporting a Healthy Planet, Healthy People and Health Equity through Urban and Territorial Planning
Supporting a Healthy Planet, Healthy People and Health Equity through Urban and Territorial Planning Open
The form of human settlements impacts on planetary health, population health and health equity. Yet goals for urban and territorial planning are only tangentially linked to public health outcomes. The WHO and UN-Habitat support actions to …
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOWHuman health and planetary health are influenced by city lifestyles, city leadership, and city development. For both, worrying trends are leading to increasing concern, and it is imperative that human health and env…
View article: Asian city prospects for planning and urban health
Asian city prospects for planning and urban health Open
The current rapid, often unplanned urbanisation across Asia has wide-ranging economic, environmental, health, and social impacts. In an attempt to document the implications of this demographic transition, the Journal of Cities & Health in …
View article: The COVID-19 lockdown papers: insights, reflections and implications for urbanism and city planning
The COVID-19 lockdown papers: insights, reflections and implications for urbanism and city planning Open
Worrying trends in terms of human health and planetary health are receive increasing global concern, on a daily basis. City leadership, planning, development and governance can each be used to support positive change, or to place constrain…
View article: The urban syndemic of COVID-19: insights, reflections and implications
The urban syndemic of COVID-19: insights, reflections and implications Open
This editorial introduces the origin, purpose and scope of a Special Issue on COVID-19. It brings together 43 contributions from across the globe that examine the way in which COVID-19 has challenged the way we think about urban design, sp…
View article: Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability
Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability Open
"Shaping Neighbourhoods is unique in combining all aspects of the spatial planning of neighbourhoods and towns whilst emphasizing positive outcomes for people's health and global sustainability. This new edition retains the combination of …
View article: From noise to soundscape in the service of urban health
From noise to soundscape in the service of urban health Open
Human health and planetary health are influenced by city lifestyles, city leadership, and city development. For both, worrying trends are leading to increasing concern and it is imperative that human health and environmental impacts become…
View article: Sound and the healthy city
Sound and the healthy city Open
At an international level it is recognised that urban noise has serious and negative public health impacts. This leading editorial and the special issue it accompanies seeks to broaden this agenda. An important goal for Cities & Health…
View article: Transforming cities and health: policy, action, and meaning
Transforming cities and health: policy, action, and meaning Open
This article sets the scene for the special issue of Cities & Health Journal on ‘Transforming cities and health: policy, innovation and practice.’ It focuses on systematic transformations to meet sustainability and climate goals whilst…
View article: Research for city practice
Research for city practice Open
CITY KNOW-HOW: Worrying trends in terms of human health and planetary health are receiving increasing global concern. City leadership, planning and development all place the constraints on urban behaviours and lifestyles, usually accelerat…