City planning policies influence urban lifestyles, health, and sustainability. We assessed
policy frameworks for city planning for 25 cities across 19 lower-middle-income countries …

China implemented the first phase of its National Healthy Cities pilot program from 2016-20.
Along with related urban health governmental initiatives, the program has helped put health …

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

Background Creating 'liveable'cities has become a priority for various sectors, including
those tasked with improving population health and reducing inequities. Two-thirds of the …

This book considers and examines the concept of a Smart City in the context of improving
the quality of life and sustainable development in Central and Eastern European cities. The …

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

Purpose Despite the increase of users of Mobility Assistive Devices (MobAD), there has
been a lack of accessibility in urban environments in many parts of the world. We present a …

Researchers have consistently shown that determinants of health—factors beyond
healthcare, including the built environment and socioeconomic conditions—significantly …

Although the built environment (BE) is important for children's health, there is little
consensus about which features are most important due to differences in measurement and …

In the middle of the twentieth century, the Western Harbour in Malmö, Sweden, was a port
and the world's largest shipyard. Now the area is a global exemplar of sustainable urbanism …