Healthy cities 2.0: transitioning towards ‘One Planet’ cities (key challenges facing twenty-first-century cities, part 3)

ABSTRACT

This is the third part of a commentary addressing the three challenges of the Kuching Statement on Healthy Cities, which focused on People, Planet and Participation. The first part discussed the roots of these ideas for me, the question of what business cities should be in, and the theme of people in terms of social justice, inclusion and health equity. In the second part, my focus was on People, Planet and Participation – ecological sustainability and healthy urban governance. In this third part, I describe a new initiative I am pursuing with others, Conversations for a One Planet Region, that seeks to address many of these issues in an holistic and participatory manner.

KEYWORDS:

• Global ecological change
• participation
• governance

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Trevor Hancock

Trevor Hancock has recently retired from his position as a professor and senior scholar at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. He is known internationally for his work on Healthy Cities – a concept and movement he helped to create – and on the links between the health of people and the ‘health’ of the Earth’s natural systems. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Cities & Health.