Since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis the scientific community has constantly been
striving to shed light on various issues such as the mechanisms driving the spread of the …

Cities are centres of innovation and wealth creation, but also hotspots of air pollution and
noise, heat island effects and lack of green space, which are all detrimental to human health …

Objectives To compare hospitalisation rates, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and
mortality for patients with COVID-19 who were consistently inactive, doing some activity or …

In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over 33 million confirmed cases and over 1 million
deaths globally, as of 1 October 2020. During the lockdown and restrictions placed on public …

Air pollution causes the largest death toll among environmental risks globally, but
interventions to purify ambient air remain inadequate. Vegetation and green spaces have …

Urban green space (UGS) is an essential element in the urban environment, providing
multiple ecosystem services as well as beneficial effects on physical and mental health. In a …

In Oslo, as elsewhere, the COVID-19 outbreak and the following lockdown measures during
spring 2020 led to increased use of urban green infrastructure. Whether this has led to more …

The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it significant changes to
human mobility patterns and working environments. We aimed to explore how social …

Before developing medications for an epidemic, one solution is to go back to the physical
and built environment to reduce its impact. Epidemics have transformed our built …