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 …

Background and purpose A growing body of evidence documents multiple ways in which
land use and transportation investments influence health. To date, most evidence linking the …

BACKGROUND: Substantial policy changes to control obesity, limit chronic disease, and
reduce air pollution emissions, including greenhouse gasses, have been recommended …

This paper advances a conceptual apparatus capable of accounting for planning's
entanglement with white supremacy and racial capitalism by develo** a theory of racial …

The design of urban environments has the potential to enhance the health and well-being of
residents by impacting social determinants of health including access to public transport …

The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad
ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats …

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives and the economy, reminding the global
community of the devastating health and economic impacts of uncontrolled infectious …

Background Designing healthy, liveable cities is a global priority. Current liveability indices
are aggregated at the city-level, do not reflect spatial variation within cities, and are often not …

Global concerns about rising levels of chronic disease make timely translation of research
into policy and practice a priority. There is a need to tackle common risk factors: tobacco use …

COVID-19 has significantly and unevenly impacted the United States, disproportionately
affecting socially vulnerable communities. While epidemiologists and public health officials …