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 effect of different COVID-19 public health restrictions on mobility: A systematic review

MA Tully, L McMaw, D Adlakha, N Blair, J McAneney… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries have introduced non-
pharmaceutical interventions, such as stay-at-home orders, to reduce person-to-person …

Population density and basic reproductive number of COVID-19 across United States counties

KTL Sy, LF White, BE Nichols - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The basic reproductive number (R0) is a function of contact rates among individuals,
transmission probability, and duration of infectiousness. We sought to determine the …

Nursing home design and COVID-19: balancing infection control, quality of life, and resilience

DC Anderson, T Grey, S Kennelly, D O'Neill - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Many nursing home design models can have a negative impact on older people and these
flaws have been compounded by Coronavirus Disease 2019 and related infection control …

Australia in 2030: what is our path to health for all?

K Backholer, F Baum, SM Finlay, S Friel… - Medical Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Chapter 1: How Australia improved health equity through action on the social
determinants of health Do not think that the social determinants of health equity are old hat …

Redefining walkability to capture safety: Investing in pedestrian, bike, and street level design features to make it safe to walk and bike

B Wali, LD Frank - Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 2024 - Elsevier
Walkable neighborhoods provide significant sustainability, health, and motorized user safety
benefits. Far less consideration is given to the potential pedestrian/bicyclist safety-related …

The density paradox: Are densely‐populated regions more vulnerable to Covid‐19?

IA Moosa, IN Khatatbeh - The International journal of health …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The “density paradox” refers to the observation that some highly populated cities and
countries have recorded a smaller number of Covid‐19 cases than regions that are sparsely …

[HTML][HTML] Building back healthier? The transformative potential and reality of city planning responses to COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia

M Lowe, S Bell, P Ferguson, M Morley, H Morrice… - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most significant public health and urban planning
challenges that cities have faced in recent times. From an evolutionary resilience …

Effect of urban design on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mahabad, Iran

MA Adibhesami, H Karimi, B Sepehri, A Sharifi… - Cities & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Each individual's experiences and perspectives influence how they interact with the
environment. An environmental psychologist examines the environment as a …

Exploring the associations between street-view green space quantity and quality, and influenza in Guangzhou, China through machine learning and spatial …

R Wang, MK Sun, S Yi, G Grekousis… - … and Planning B …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Existing studies have highlighted that green space is associated with non-communicable
diseases. However, scant attention has been paid to the association between green space …