Abstract For 18 months in 2009–2010, the Rockefeller Foundation provided support to
establish the Roundtable on Urban Living Environment Research (RULER). Composed of …

The literature on health inequalities demonstrates that where one lives impacts one's health.
This report details the development of tools to investigate the spatial relationship between …

Area-level indicators of the determinants of health are vital to plan and monitor progress
toward targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Tools such as the …

The overarching goal of this article is to make explicit the multiple pathways through which
the built environment may potentially affect health and well-being. The loss of close …

Urban health indicator (UHI) tools provide evidence about the health impacts of the physical
urban environment which can be used in built environment policy and decision-making …

Background Multiple external environmental exposures related to residential location and
urban form including, air pollutants, noise, greenness, and walkability have been linked to …

Rationale: Cardiovascular risk varies across communities in Canada. Community-level
differences in contextual factors may influence risk factor development. Methods: We audited …

The research community has shown increasing interest in developing and using metrics to
determine the relationships between urban living and health. In particular, we have seen a …

Studies examining urban health and the environment must ensure comparability of
measures across cities and countries. We describe a data platform and process that …

Urban places and health equity are two of the most challenging concepts for 21st century
environmental health. More people live in cities than at any other time in human history and …