A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Transforming cities for sustainability: A health perspective
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-8674
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6160-5041
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-9684
Highlights To safeguard human and planetary health, urban transformation is needed. Urban transformation must be at a pace and scale not previously undertaken. It requires ambitious, integrative city-level actions for health and the environment. Changes in political, social and economic systems will be necessary to accelerate city actions. System science, urban structures and processes are needed to drive innovative action.
Abstract Transformational change is urgently needed to address planetary health challenges in cities. Through an interdisciplinary overview of the literature, we consider how to frame and unpack city-level transformation towards synergistic benefits for urban health and environmental sustainability. By describing the characteristics of a ‘healthy sustainable city’ and by bringing together the ideas underlying frameworks for health and sustainability, we develop a conceptual understanding of how cities may progress towards achieving significant improvements in health and the environment. We investigate how urban change works, and build a theoretical understanding of how urban change may be directed to integrate health and sustainability. We conclude that urban transformation needs to be a multi-scalar process across city sectors to meet the scale, speed and form of change required. We propose that this can best be achieved in practice through a composition of mechanisms, including strengthening city governance, enabling technological and social innovations, applying sustainable urban planning and infrastructure development, and impelling social behaviour change; supported by systems-driven policy and practice-focused scientific evidence.
Transforming cities for sustainability: A health perspective
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-8674
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6160-5041
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-9684
Highlights To safeguard human and planetary health, urban transformation is needed. Urban transformation must be at a pace and scale not previously undertaken. It requires ambitious, integrative city-level actions for health and the environment. Changes in political, social and economic systems will be necessary to accelerate city actions. System science, urban structures and processes are needed to drive innovative action.
Abstract Transformational change is urgently needed to address planetary health challenges in cities. Through an interdisciplinary overview of the literature, we consider how to frame and unpack city-level transformation towards synergistic benefits for urban health and environmental sustainability. By describing the characteristics of a ‘healthy sustainable city’ and by bringing together the ideas underlying frameworks for health and sustainability, we develop a conceptual understanding of how cities may progress towards achieving significant improvements in health and the environment. We investigate how urban change works, and build a theoretical understanding of how urban change may be directed to integrate health and sustainability. We conclude that urban transformation needs to be a multi-scalar process across city sectors to meet the scale, speed and form of change required. We propose that this can best be achieved in practice through a composition of mechanisms, including strengthening city governance, enabling technological and social innovations, applying sustainable urban planning and infrastructure development, and impelling social behaviour change; supported by systems-driven policy and practice-focused scientific evidence.
Transforming cities for sustainability: A health perspective
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-8674
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6160-5041
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-9684
Highlights To safeguard human and planetary health, urban transformation is needed. Urban transformation must be at a pace and scale not previously undertaken. It requires ambitious, integrative city-level actions for health and the environment. Changes in political, social and economic systems will be necessary to accelerate city actions. System science, urban structures and processes are needed to drive innovative action.
Abstract Transformational change is urgently needed to address planetary health challenges in cities. Through an interdisciplinary overview of the literature, we consider how to frame and unpack city-level transformation towards synergistic benefits for urban health and environmental sustainability. By describing the characteristics of a ‘healthy sustainable city’ and by bringing together the ideas underlying frameworks for health and sustainability, we develop a conceptual understanding of how cities may progress towards achieving significant improvements in health and the environment. We investigate how urban change works, and build a theoretical understanding of how urban change may be directed to integrate health and sustainability. We conclude that urban transformation needs to be a multi-scalar process across city sectors to meet the scale, speed and form of change required. We propose that this can best be achieved in practice through a composition of mechanisms, including strengthening city governance, enabling technological and social innovations, applying sustainable urban planning and infrastructure development, and impelling social behaviour change; supported by systems-driven policy and practice-focused scientific evidence.
Transforming cities for sustainability: A health perspective
Crane, Melanie (author) / Lloyd, Simon (author) / Haines, Andy (author) / Ding, Ding (author) / Hutchinson, Emma (author) / Belesova, Kristine (author) / Davies, Michael (author) / Osrin, David (author) / Zimmermann, Nici (author) / Capon, Anthony (author)
2020-12-20
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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