How to Achieve a Healthy City : a Scoping Review with Ten City Examples

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This scoping review of the literature explores the following question: what systematic measures are needed to achieve a healthy city? The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests 11 characteristics of a healthy city. Measures contributing to these characteristics are extracted and classified into 29 themes. Implementation of some of these measures is illustrated by examples from Freiburg, Greater Vancouver, Singapore, Seattle, New York City, London, Nantes, Exeter, Copenhagen, and Washington, DC. The identified measures and examples indicate that a healthy city is a system of healthy sectors. A discussion section suggests healthy directions for nine sectors in a healthy city. These sectors include transportation, housing, schools, city planning, local government, environmental management, retail, heritage, and healthcare. Future work is advised to put more focus on characteristic 5 (i.e., the meeting of basic needs for all the city's people) and characteristic 10 (i.e., public health and sick care services accessible to all) of a healthy city.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:101

Enthalten in:

Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine - 101(2024), 1 vom: 18. Feb., Seite 120-140

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ziafati Bafarasat, Abbas [VerfasserIn]
Sharifi, Ayyoob [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Healthy cities
Journal Article
Public health
Review
Sustainable development
Urban health
Urban planning
World Health Organization (WHO)

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Date Completed 28.02.2024

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11524-023-00798-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366014749