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What is social infrastructure and why is it important for health and

WEBNew evidence demonstrates the importance of social infrastructure and local social services for health and wellbeing. Take note: Urban planners; policymakers in …

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Promoting a healthy cities agenda through indicators: …

WEBUnderstanding how urban environments affect health is the first step in making a healthy city. Take note: Practitioners in urban planning, regeneration, housing, …

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Practical lessons from complexity science for urban health and

WEBThe systems approach to urban health and wellbeing is a response and feedback mechanism between understanding urban complexity scientifically (science) …

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Reviewing the impact of neighbourhood design on our health and

WEBThe design of a neighbourhood plays a central role in shaping the health and well-being of residents. Our systematic review of the impacts of neighbourhood …

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Healthy urbanism framework redefines healthy urban development

WEBWe produced a new conceptual framework called THRIVES (Towards Healthy Urbanism: Inclusive, Equitable, Sustainable) that bridges social and …

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Green space creation and utilization linked to Healthy Cities policy …

WEBWe found that through the integrated planning of public health and the provision of sufficient green spaces, the quality of the environment, particularly in …

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Call for Contributions: Urban renewal and health equity through

WEBSpecial issue: Call for Contributions. Urban renewal and health equity: charting a sustainable path locally and globally. In this special issue we want to explore …

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Comparison of environmental and health benefits of density …

WEBDensification plays important role in environmental and human health gains in low-dense high-income cities. Increasing walk and cycle without densification, …

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Restructuring the built environment to change adult health …

WEBBuild it, they might run: Restructuring environments provides opportunity for physical activity but encouraging healthy living also needs social science’s insights into …

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Sense and the city

WEBPublished 21/01/19. The role that landscape professionals can play in people’s and planetary health. It is five years since the publication of the Landscape Institutes’s …

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City Know-how Archives

WEBCities & Health is a journal dedicated to providing an innovative international platform for consolidating research and know-how for city development to support …

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MOHAWk: a new observation tool to assess physical activity and …

WEBMOHAWk is a new observation tool to assess physical activity and two other wellbeing behaviours (social interactions and taking notice of the environment) in urban …

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Cities & Health: Types of Contribution

WEBSpecial issue: Call for Contributions. In this special issue we want to explore a range of ‘on the ground’ practices. Giving voice to people from a variety of …

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Reframing the index system for urban green space planning in …

WEBHuman health must be recognized, in additional to ecological criteria in urban green space planning in China. Take note: Urban designers, biodiversity planners, …

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Permitted development rights and health in England

WEBThese showed a greater number of ways that permitted development rights for conversions have negative impacts on health and wellbeing, compared to positives …

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Water-gender-health nexus in human settlements in the Global …

WEBWater quantity and quality are important for health. We used a gender lens analytical framework together with social justice theory to analyse the interplay of water, …

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Wild Ways: understanding rewilding behaviour in urban gardens

WEBA review of existing research on understanding rewilding behaviour by city residents in their gardens. We undertook a scoping review of existing literature on …

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