Cities are critical to meeting our sustainable energy goals. Informal settlement
redevelopment programs represent an opportunity to improve living conditions and curb …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes approaches towards neighborhood
characterization in relation to cardiovascular health; contemporary investigations relating …

Background Urbanisation in Latin America (LA) is heterogeneous and could have varying
implications for infant mortality (IM). Identifying city factors related to IM can help design …

Urban informal settlements or slums are among the most vulnerable places to climate-
change-related health risks. Yet, little data exist documenting environmental and human …

It has been widely documented that both housing conditions and household overcrowding
over time negatively affect physical and mental health. However, scant evidence documents …

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 …

The impact of COVID-19 has been disproportionately felt by populations experiencing
structural racial-and ethnicity-based discrimination. Here, we describe opportunities for …

This paper assesses how subjective wellbeing is related to housing and neighbourhood
characteristics, controlling for personal variables. The secondary data analysis was based …

The academic literature largely acknowledges participation as a key condition for the
successful upgrading of informal settlements. However, how individual participative actions …

Traditional water indicators primarily focus on water quantity and quality, but emergent
research demonstrates that measurement of lived experiences with water availability …