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

This article describes the origins and characteristics of an interdisciplinary multinational
collaboration aimed at promoting and disseminating actionable evidence on the drivers of …

A majority of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2007. The most rapidly
urbanizing cities are in less-wealthy nations, and the pace of growth varies among regions …

The majority of the world's population will live in cities in the next few years and the pace of
urbanization worldwide will continue to accelerate over the coming decades. While the …

Objectives. To support efforts to improve urban population health, we created a City Health
Dashboard with area-specific data on health status, determinants of health, and equity at city …

A majority of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2007 and cities are exerting
growing influence on the health of both urban and non-urban residents. Although there long …

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 …

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 …

The built environment of cities is complex and influences social and environmental
determinants of health. In this study we, 1) identified city profiles based on the built …

As more people worldwide live in cities, increasingly we need to understand how cities and
city living affect population health. Does city living negatively affect health? Conversely, can …