In light of the rapid global urbanization, providing a better quality of life in cities is becoming
an increasingly critical issue for urban planning. However, the links between the built …

Decades of research have demonstrated that diabetes affects racial and ethnic minority and
low-income adult populations in the US disproportionately, with relatively intractable …

Urban vitality and social cohesion both provide multiple benefits in cities. While it has been
argued that urban vitality–the liveliness of cities–may strengthen social cohesion, this has …

Abstract The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to dramatic changes in
quality of life, bringing to the forefront of the debate the question of planning and design of …

Smart cities have been a global concern in recent years, involving comprehensive scientific
research. To obtain a structural overview and assist researchers in making insights into the …

Current global health policy goals include a 25% reduction in premature mortality from
noncommunicable diseases by 2025. In this 2-part review, we provide an overview of the …

Background Evidence is mounting to suggest a causal relationship between the built
environment and people's physical activity behaviours, particularly active transport. The …

Urbanization causes enormous land use and land cover (LULC) changes, which creates a
significant impacts on land surface temperature (LST) in rapidly growing mega-cities. The …

An essential characteristic of a healthy and sustainable city is a physically active population.
Effective policies for healthy and sustainable cities require evidence-informed quantitative …

Urban greenspaces have been demonstrated to have associations with physical activity and
health. Yet empirical studies have almost exclusively focused on parks rather than street …