Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations

MC Turner, ZJ Andersen, A Baccarelli… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to the burden of disease worldwide. Most of the
global population resides in places where air pollution levels, because of emissions from …

City planning policies to support health and sustainability: an international comparison of policy indicators for 25 cities

M Lowe, D Adlakha, JF Sallis, D Salvo… - The Lancet global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
City planning policies influence urban lifestyles, health, and sustainability. We assessed
policy frameworks for city planning for 25 cities across 19 lower-middle-income countries …

The climate change mitigation impacts of active travel: Evidence from a longitudinal panel study in seven European cities

C Brand, T Götschi, E Dons, R Gerike… - Global environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Active travel (walking or cycling for transport) is considered the most sustainable and low
carbon form of getting from A to B. Yet the net effects of changes in active travel on changes …

City planning and population health: a global challenge

B Giles-Corti, A Vernez-Moudon, R Reis, G Turrell… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Significant global health challenges are being confronted in the 21st century, prompting
calls to rethink approaches to disease prevention. A key part of the solution is city planning …

The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: the Lancet Commission report

BA Swinburn, VI Kraak, S Allender, VJ Atkins, PI Baker… - The lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other
dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects …

A thorough examination of smart city applications: Exploring challenges and solutions throughout the life cycle with emphasis on safeguarding citizen privacy

L Xia, DT Semirumi, R Rezaei - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoTs), it is
crucial to acknowledge the potential security and privacy issues that arise from these …

Internet of things in smart education environment: Supportive framework in the decision‐making process

M Abdel‐Basset, G Manogaran… - Concurrency and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The role of education, which propagates knowledge, becomes increasingly significant in the
past little years due to the fulminatory expansion in knowledge. Meantime, the model of …

Building a global urban science

M Acuto, S Parnell, KC Seto - Nature Sustainability, 2018 - nature.com
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visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the …

The built environment as a determinant of physical activity: a systematic review of longitudinal studies and natural experiments

M Kärmeniemi, T Lankila, T Ikäheimo… - Annals of behavioral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Physical inactivity is a global problem that increases the risk of many chronic
diseases and shortens life expectancy. The built environment contributes to physical …

Eight investments that work for physical activity

K Milton, N Cavill, A Chalkley… - … of Physical Activity …, 2021 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: The International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) is a leading
global organization working to advance research, policy, and practice to promote physical …