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SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOW

Evidence supports what we all intuitively know; that human health and planetary health are heavily influenced by the urban environments we create. Urban policy, programmes and projects have the potential to escalate problems or to provide solutions. Cities & Health is dedicated to supporting the flow of knowledge required to support action to reduce risks for human and planetary health. Our aim is to foster connections and conversations between researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, communities, and decision-makers in cities. Research for city practice includes ‘City Know-how’ briefings derived from research findings to support access to, and dissemination of, key lessons. The team at Cities & Health, and our knowledge partners (International Society for Urban Health and SALUS.Global), invite you to join their networks, and contribute to the dialogue. We encourage all our stakeholders to consider publishing in Cities & Health to help influence urban policy.

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Understanding the community and social determinants in mental health inequity: the impact of mass social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Investigating expert and lay judgments of pathogen transmission risk in urban and architectural environments

‘We are developing our bubble’: role of the built environment in supporting physical and social activities in independent-living older adults during COVID-19

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