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 …

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are fatal for more than 38 million people each year
and are thus the main contributors to the global burden of disease accounting for 70% of …

Background Ambient air pollution is a major environmental cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Cities are generally hotspots for air pollution and disease. However, the exact …

Background Natural outdoor environments including green spaces play an important role in
preserving population health and wellbeing in cities, but the number of deaths that could be …

Introduction Half the world population lives in cities and this is likely to increase to 70% over
the next 20 years. Suboptimal urban and transport planning has led to eg high levels of air …

This paper analyses the impact that the lockdown decreed by the Spanish Government to
combat the spread of COVID-19 has had on traffic accidents in Tarragona province (Spain) …

Background Car-dependent city planning has resulted in high levels of environmental
pollution, sedentary lifestyles and increased vulnerability to the effects of climate change …

Social scientists are now in an era of data abundance, and machine learning tools are
increasingly used to extract meaning from data sets both massive and small. We explain …

Goals and pathways to achieve sustainable urban development have multiple interlinkages
with human health and wellbeing. However, these interlinkages have not been examined in …

Background Many cities across the world are beginning to shift their mobility solution away
from the private cars and towards more environmentally friendly and citizen-focused means …