Journal article
What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy
B Giles-Corti, AV Moudon, M Lowe, E Cerin, G Boeing, H Frumkin, D Salvo, S Foster, A Kleeman, S Bekessy, TH de Sá, M Nieuwenhuijsen, C Higgs, E Hinckson, D Adlakha, J Arundel, S Liu, AL Oyeyemi, K Nitvimol, JF Sallis
Lancet Global Health | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2022
Abstract
This Series on urban design, transport, and health aimed to facilitate development of a global system of health-related policy and spatial indicators to assess achievements and deficiencies in urban and transport policies and features. This final paper in the Series summarises key findings, considers what to do next, and outlines urgent key actions. Our study of 25 cities in 19 countries found that, despite many well intentioned policies, few cities had measurable standards and policy targets to achieve healthy and sustainable cities. Available standards and targets were often insufficient to promote health and wellbeing, and health-supportive urban design and transport features were often i..
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Funding Acknowledgements
BG-C was supported by an RMIT Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship. CH was supported through an NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities grant (number 1061404) and The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre (number 9100003). DA was supported by an Impact Acceleration Award from the Economic and Social Research Council and funding from the Global Challenges Research Fund administered by the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland, UK. EC's research was supported by the Australian Catholic University. SL was supported by the experiential fellowships from College of Social Science and Humanities, Northeastern University. JFS was supported by Australian Catholic University. DS was supported by Washington University in St Louis (MO, USA), Center for Diabetes Translation Research (number P30DK092950 from the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the US National Institute of Health) and by the Cooperative Agreement Number U48DP006395 from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. SB was supported by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP160100324) and European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement #730426 (Urban GreenUP). We would like to thank Belinda Nemec and Judy Boyce. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article and they do not necessarily represent the views, decisions, or policies of the institutions with which they are affiliated.