Published 10/12/18

Can the World Health Organization’s Urban HEART tool be used to measure socio-spatial inequities beyond large metropolitan contexts?

WHO’s UrbanHEART was key to Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy 2020 plan to increase equity. But can this tool be used in smaller…

Food access scene using a busy shopping high street

Published 02/11/18

Food access in cities; making it healthy and equitable through better urban planning and governance

Urban planners, economists, health and community policymakers and practitioners share insights in a new study on creating healthy food environments…

Published 03/10/18

Bicycling infrastructure in Bogota: do we all have the same access?

Lack of “Ciclorutas” (bicycle lanes) in Bogota’s neighbourhoods of low socio economic status shows inequality in the access to active…

Published 25/09/18

Re-connecting to landscape and reviving the sense of belonging

New ways of integrating indigenous knowledge in landscape architecture design Take note: City officers, policy makers, landscape architects. Indigenous communities and…

Published 01/08/18

Investing in trails helps students go the extra mile to school

How does investing in a trail impact students’ travel behavior compared to walking and cycling through neighbourhood networks? Take note:…

Published 01/08/18

Lived experience prompts for health-supportive environments

New research points to health-supportive environments suffering from a lack of recognition of real world lived experience needs. Professional update…

Young child about two and a half years old sitting on a featureless concrete yard at the base of a tower block

Published 01/08/18

How child-friendly is new, private, high-rise housing in inner cities? A case study from Melbourne, Australia

Australia should consider child-friendly design guidelines for high-rise housing developments. Take note: Policy makers, town planners, architects, developers, body corporate associations,…

Published 18/07/18

Water infrastructure failures have impacts beyond human health

Study shows the Flint, Michigan water crisis may spur additional population losses for the city Take note: American Planning Association,…

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