Given its origins in high-income countries, the field of physical activity and public health
research and promotion has broadly followed a choice-based model. However, a substantial …

From a land-use planning perspective, informal settlements emerge because of dysfunctions
in contemporary cities, leading to inequities in living conditions and exclusions of people in …

In the context of still-low-but-rising levels of motorization and economic growth, increasing
social and spatial inequalities, and growing concerns about air pollution and climate …

There is a growing recognition of the worsening problems of accessibility in Africa's major
urban centres and city-regions. Yet, research assessing differential accessibility in these …

Daily walks are recommended for health gains, and walkable urban environments are
recommended as one strategy to combat climate change. Evidence of the relationship …

Purpose This study aims to ascertain the forms of social enterprises created for public
services and the dimensions of community-based management of public facilities. It seeks to …

Background Cable cars are part of the transport system in several cities in Latin America, but
no evaluations of their effects on physical activity are available. TransMiCable is the first …

Introduction This systematic review is based on concerns about the rapid urbanization in
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) that has raised sedentary lifestyles and the need to understand …

Freetown, Sierra Leone, is confronted with health risks that are compounded by rapid
unplanned urbanisation and weak capacities of local government institutions. Addressing …

The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, commonly known as the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), was adopted in 2015 to provide a global development policy …