Mainstreaming health in urban design and planning: advances in theory and practice

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José G. Siri

José G. Siri is an epidemiologist and urban specialist. Over a career in research and policy, he has developed and applied systems approaches to urban and planetary health, focusing on leveraging science for healthy development, devising simple systems tools to catalyze better decision-making, and improving understanding of complex challenges. His experience spans five continents and extensive engagement with researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, and has touched on urban studies, climate and health, sustainable development, systems thinking, transdisciplinarity, epidemiology, ecology, infectious disease, public health, and malaria control. He currently consults for the World Health Organization.

Ilaria Geddes

Ilaria Geddes is a Special Scientist at the Department of Architecture at University of Cyprus. She is the Research Coordinator of the Erasmus+ project Knowledge Alliance for Evidence-Based Urban Practices (KAEBUP) and contributes to teaching courses on Mediterranean Cities and Research Methodologies. Her research focuses on diachronic analysis of city development, urban theory, urban planning and the integration of diverse methodologies in urban studies. She is the co-president of the Cyprus Network of Urban Morphology (CyNUM) and an Editorial Advisor to the journal Cities & Health. As a Research Fellow at the UCL Institute of Health Equity, she contributed to the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post-2010 (Marmot Review) and authored the report The Health Impacts of Cold Homes and Fuel Poverty. She previously worked in urban design practice as a Project Consultant for Space Syntax Limited.