Car free cities: Pathway to healthy urban living

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, H Khreis - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Many cities across the world are beginning to shift their mobility solution away
from the private cars and towards more environmentally friendly and citizen-focused means …

Participatory quantitative health impact assessment of urban and transport planning in cities: A review and research needs

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, H Khreis, E Verlinghieri… - Environment …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Urban and transport planning have large impacts on public health, but these are
generally not explicitly considered and/or quantified, partly because there are no …

Public transport usage and perceived service quality in a large metropolitan area: the case of porto

H Rocha, M Filgueiras, JP Tavares, S Ferreira - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Using public transport as an alternative to private motorized vehicles (PMVs) is becoming
increasingly popular in many cities worldwide. To understand what incentives and …

Study protocol of the European Urban Burden of Disease Project: a health impact assessment study

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, J Barrera-Gómez, X Basagaña… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Cities have long been known to be society's predominant engine of innovation
and wealth creation, yet they are also hotspots of pollution and disease partly due to current …

Car-free cities: an investigation of possibilities and stakeholders approaches in the case of Graz, Austria

E Brösel - 2023 - unipub.uni-graz.at
The concept of car-free cities has gained increasing attention in cities worldwide as they
face numerous challenges related to congestion, pollution and sustainability. This master's …