Authors aim to carry out a bibliographic review as an initial approach to state of the art
related to the quality of urban soils, as well as its possible link with human health. This …

Today, urban and transport planners face considerable challenges in designing and
retrofitting cities that are prepared for increasing urban populations, and their service and …

The globally distributed health impacts of environmental degradation and widening
population inequalities require a fundamental shift in understandings of healthy urbanism …

Background Recent rapid growth in urban areas and the desire to create liveable
neighbourhoods has brought about a renewed interest in planning for compact cities, with …

Background Various aspects of the urban environment and neighbourhood socio-economic
status interact with each other to affect health. Few studies to date have quantitatively …

Public health practitioners produce urban health indicator (UHI) tools to inform built
environment policy and decision-making, among other objectives. Indicator producers …

Flats/houses in the COVID-19 pandemic era became the central place for living, working,
learning, studying and entertainment. According to Maslow's pyramid, all the basic needs …

Introduction This paper examines the links between perceived liveability and mental health,
questioning the role transport-related variables and features of the built environment play in …

There is a growing awareness among city leaders and policy-makers of the impact of the
urban environment on health outcomes and inequalities. Increasingly, practitioners in built …

Background Multiple characteristics of the urban environment have been shown to influence
population health and health-related behaviours, though the distribution and combined …