Cities and Urbanization
How the right city designs can help us live longer and better
A new study has investigated how urbanisation increases the risks of non-communicable diseases, like heart disease and what cities can do to reduce risks.
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3 articles from University of Cambridge
Africa
Why we need to make planetary health part of city design
Urban spaces amplify or reduce the health risks encountered in daily urban life, from access to healthy food and physical activity to clean air and water.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Q&A: Do our cities make us sick?
From who can access HIV drugs to how we plan our cities, health challenges frequently overlap with policy. But all too often, we don’t have the right evidence to make informed decisions, ...
University of Cambridge contributors
Abir Al-Tabbaa
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mary Beard
Professor of Classics
Thomas Bohné
Founder and Head, Cyber-Human Lab
Lucia Corsini
Research Associate, Department of Engineering
Diane Coyle
Bennett Professor of Public Policy
Jennifer Molloy
Senior Research Associate
Tolu Oni
Director, Global Diet and Activity Research Group and Network, MRC Epidemiology
Clarissa Rios Rojas
Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential RiskJennifer Schooling
Director, Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction
Suchitra Sebastian
Professor, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory
Tom Simmons
Enterprise Fellow
