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HEALTHY CITIES: Bridging Urban Planning and Health

WebHEALTHY CITIES, a network of nine partners (local and planning authorities), is designing integrated action plans that bridge urban planning and health. Through its methodology …

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Putting value on a healthy city

WebThe health benefits of good urban design are well-known, ranging from better cardiovascular outcomes to lower rates of depression. But the economic value of this …

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Connectivity, Mobility, and Healthy Cities

WebThe Healthy Cities Network aims to deepen the relationship between health and the urban environment, following a holistic approach by focusing on three overarching topics: …

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Halfway Through Healthy Cities: Reflections and Revisions

WebThough the pandemic slowed progress in all kinds of work around the world, it brought health into new conversations and ultimately has strengthened support for healthy urban …

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Gender Equal Cities are Healthy Cities

WebA healthy city is a gender equal city, one in which the urban landscape has been designed with the diverse needs, activities and movement patterns of its population in mind. …

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Making cities healthier, faster

WebCollaboration for a healthy city. The idea of collaboration is at the heart of building a healthy city. As explained in this Review on Healthy Urban Planning, “in many urban localities, …

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Holistic Health and Urban Planning: Visualising Impact with the …

WebIn efforts to develop and hone the HCG, the team recently met with experts to define a holistic approach to urban planning as a health generator. This roundtable included …

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Designing human habitats healthy enough to prescribe

WebUsing the urban environment to heal. Healthy Cities team members Marta Rofin Serra and Sofia Aivalioti were recently invited to lead city practitioners to understand how to apply …

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Reclaiming the Public Space for People and Nature

WebIt started first as a protest and transformed into a weekly holiday where citizens enjoy family walks and bike rides, recovering the urban public space ever since. In 1991 another …

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Healthy Cities team win Research Award at International Healthy …

WebBax & Company’s Healthy Cities team were invited to present at the Healthy City Design International Congress, showcasing their work on healthy city planning for more than 500 …

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Green public spaces for health and well-being

WebTo scale up these activities, it is important to monitor the effectiveness of various options and link them to specific public green spaces. This requires a collaborative co-creative …

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Digital solutions for the prevention of chronic diseases

WebChronic diseases are a tremendous burden to patients and the healthcare system alike. In Europe, they account for 86% of all deaths.The UK is no exception, as the World Health …

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Protecting our critical infrastructure from flood damage: A study in

WebCritical infrastructure is a combination of systems and technologies that are essential to our health, safety, security and economic well-being; for example, electricity production, …

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GCA: from concept to an extensive global network on climate …

WebEngaging communities through new service designs – Students from the Royal College of Arts developed, together with municipality partners in the UK, new service designs to …

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Successful shared mobility in cities and beyond

WebInteracting with private solution providers Many of the concepts (from e-scooters to shared mopeds) being tested in cities across Europe certainly have a lot of potential, but they …

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Are you following Open Innovation Best Practices

WebEngaging communities through new service designs – Students from the Royal College of Arts developed, together with municipality partners in the UK, new service designs to …

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The five 'A's for digital transport inclusivity

WebThe availability of transport services is a pre-requisite for transport inclusiveness. While new digital transport services like ride-hailing and ride-sharing can fill existing availability gaps …

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