Disadvantaged groups worldwide, such as low-income and racially/ethnically minoritized
people, experience worse health outcomes than more privileged groups, including wealthier …

Many cities of the world suffer from air pollution because of poor planning and design and
heavy traffic in rapidly expanding urban environments. These conditions are exacerbated …

Background: Over half of the world's population now lives in urban areas, and this proportion
is expected to increase. While there have been numerous reviews of empirical studies on …

Background There is an increasing global trend towards urbanization. In general, there are
less food access issues in urban than rural areas, but this “urban advantage” does not …

Why a thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this book about theories of disease
distribution, in past and present societal and ecological context? Because the lived realities …

With COVID-19 prevalent worldwide, current studies have focused on the factors influencing
the epidemic. In particular, the built environment deserves immediate attention to produce …

This paper introduces the concept of participatory sensing, which tasks everyday mobile
devices, such as cellular phones, to form interactive, participatory sensor networks that …

Universities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers
around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts …

It has long been recognised that urban form impacts on health outcomes and their
determinants. There is growing interest in creating indicators of liveability to measure …

Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life
expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of this …