The Global Urban Monitoring Framework is the harmonization of existing urban indices and tools, and allows for the integration of various dimensions of urban development. This also includes the measurement of progress in health in urban areas at different urban scales and areas—thereby allowing individuals to compare and analyze different urban enclaves.
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This study provides an overview of the role played by Indigenous design knowledge in community planning. In addition, the paper explores and compiles what is known about the built environment influences the health and well-being of First Nations reserve communities. Through five areas—housing, water and waste management, food security, active living, and transportation—this paper examines
Rich Food, Smart City provides new insights into the status of urban food policy and governance across Asian cities of all sizes and offers concrete illustrations of the many policies and programs that Asia’s cities can learn from and implement to improve food system outcomes. It argues that to effectively mitigate food-related risks and climate
Cities are getting hotter as a result of growing urbanization and global climate change. The negative impacts of temperature increases are significant and touch nearly every aspect of urban life. Protecting populations from extreme heat is one of the key resiliency and sustainability challenges of the twenty-first century. Successfully implementing measures to cool cities will
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This report acts as both a toolkit as well as a compilation of evidence that display how the promising practices of public health units’ role in community design process have led to the achivement of better health outcomes. The paper demonstrates the relationship between the built environment’s impacts on health and how public health units
