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Book Review

Book Review
Equity in health and health promotion in urban areas: multidisciplinary interventions at international and national level
edited by Alessandra Battisti, Maurizio Marceca, Giuseppe Ricotta, Silvia Iorio, Italy, Springer, 2023, 238 pp., $64 (hardback), ISBN 978-3-031-16181-0
Saroh -Munib Arrohmah
Published online: 18 Jun 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
The design of neighbourhood open spaces to improve mental health: a critical review of restorative spatial characteristics and their applicability in design practice
Anne J. J. Grave, Louis Neven & Masi Mohammadi
Published online: 18 Jun 2024
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Original Scholarship - Evidence Review

Review Article
Happy urban public spaces: a systematic review of the key factors affecting citizen happiness in public environments
Sahar Samavati, Pieter M. A. Desmet & Ehsan Ranjbar
Published online: 18 Jun 2024
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Book Review

Book Review
Ways of greening: using plants and gardens for healthy work and living surroundings
by Stevie Famulari. 2024. Published by Routledge: New York and Oxon. 156 pp., 191 figures. £42.99 GBP (Paperback), ISBN 9781032391540.
Raja Andriany
Published online: 13 Jun 2024
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Reflective Praxis – Major article

Article Commentary
Towards healthier, enabling environments for all: positioning the ‘runnability of cities’ as a spatial planning approach
Jua Cilliers & Slawomir Ledwon
Published online: 13 Jun 2024
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Original Scholarship - Evidence Review

Review Article
A thematic analysis of UK healthy planning frameworks and tools designed to support the inclusion of health in urban planning
Amber De La Haye, Ruth Gow, Amelia A. Lake, Caitlin Ball, Sebastiaan van Herk, Marta Rofin Serra, Andy Jones, Michael Chang & Helen J. Moore
Published online: 13 Jun 2024
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Original Scholarship – Conceptual Paper

Note
Peri-urban landscapes and the potential of integrated foodscapes to support healthy cities: an Aotearoa New Zealand case study
Shannon Davis, Guanyu Chen, Naomi Darvill & Marcus Robinson
Published online: 10 Jun 2024
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Commentary and debate

Article Commentary
How the Green New Deal can transform urban landscapes and promote health equity
Zaheer Allam & Zakia Soomauroo
Published online: 31 May 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Associations of neighbourhood attributes with depression in mid-age and older adults: the moderating role of traffic-related air pollution and neighbourhood socioeconomic status
Maria V. Soloveva, Muhammad Akram, Anthony Barnett, Govinda Poudel, Jonathan E. Shaw, Erika Martino, Luke D. Knibbs & Ester Cerin
Published online: 24 May 2024
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City Shorts

Brief Report
A multi-level and multi-scale design approach supporting sustainable mobility and healthier living: AIR BREAK project in Ferrara, Italy
Ilaria Fabbri & Gabriele Lelli
Published online: 24 May 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
An examination of urban green spaces usage behaviours and self-perceived mental health benefits: findings from two urban green neighbourhoods in Pakistan
Zahra Niazi & Muhammad Ammad Khan
Published online: 24 May 2024
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Event Review

Meeting Report
The SALUS healthy cities design congress, session review: healthy homes panel debate: facing up to the health impact of planning deregulation in England
Abigail Grove-White & Rosalie Callway
Published online: 22 May 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

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Designing healthy edible cities: investigating the environmental and spatial factors affecting urban fruit safety
Mohammad Reza Khalilnezhad, Mohammad Reza Taheri, Alessio Russo, Negin Nasseh & Ahmad Taheri
Published online: 20 May 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
The Mekong River, urban health, and sustainable development in northeastern Thailand
Gareth Davey
Published online: 17 May 2024
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Open Access

Original Scholarship - Methodological

Method
City health development planning – experiences from the Hungarian members of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network
János Girán, Zsuzsanna Nagy, Mária Miklóssyné Bertalanffy, Annamária Östör & Antonio De Blasio
Published online: 16 May 2024
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Case Study

Case Report
Age-friendly urban design: an Israeli national case study
Inon Schenker, Shulamit Gertel, Yossi Heymann, Yifat Rom, Sarela Sheinfeld, Nesya Strasburg & Ilana Taler
Published online: 23 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship

Article
Public acceptability of proposals to manage new takeaway food outlets near schools: cross-sectional analysis of the 2021 International Food Policy Study
Matthew Keeble, Jean Adams, Ben Amies-Cull, Michael Chang, Steven Cummins, Daniel Derbyshire, David Hammond, Suzan Hassan, Bochu Liu, Antonieta Medina-Lara, Oliver Mytton, John Rahilly, Nina Rogers, Bea Savory, Richard Smith, Claire Thompson, Christine M. White, Martin White & Thomas Burgoine
Published online: 19 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Urban placemaking and human wellbeing in post-pandemic planning: implications from case study of Wapping Wharf, Bristol
Jo Zhou & Esme Hatton
Published online: 18 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship

Article
Contribution of the age-friendly communities in the well-being of the older adults: a study of Pune City
Amey Khare, Anam Fatma, Madhura Bedarkar & Vimal Bhatt
Published online: 16 Apr 2024
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Review Article
Exploring the epigenome to identify biological links between the urban environment and neurodegenerative disease: an evidence review
Sophie Glover, Claire Hill, Bernadette McGuinness, Amy Jayne McKnight & Ruth F. Hunter
Published online: 15 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Urban comfort and adaptive capacity: an exploratory study of urban life and climate responses in Aachen, Germany
Silvia G. Tavares, Andreas Wesener, Runrid Fox-Kämper & Lisandra Krebs
Published online: 09 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Effect of urban design on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mahabad, Iran
Mohammad Anvar Adibhesami, Hirou Karimi, Borhan Sepehri, Ayyoob Sharifi & Masoumeh Nazarian
Published online: 09 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship

Article
The interrelationships between kitchen design and food practices for apartment dwellers in Melbourne, Australia: an exploratory study
Fiona J. Andrews, Louise C. Johnson, Ralph Horne & Lukar E. Thornton
Published online: 09 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship

Article
Comparison of household double burden of malnutrition among mother-child dyads in different settings in Maharashtra
Angeline Jeyakumar, Swapnil Godbharle, Hema Kesa, Pranita Shambharkar, Pooja Bhalekar, Shraddha Chalwadi & Roopan George
Published online: 08 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship

Article
Older adult perceptions of play and play-enabling public space
Maxwell Hartt & Ellory Vincent
Published online: 04 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Group model building for developing systems-oriented solutions to reduce car dependency in Belfast, United Kingdom
Holly Weir, Brendan Murtagh, Iraklis Argyriou, Claire Cleland, Conor Meehan, John Barry, Alberto Longo, Gary McKeown, Frank Kee, Ruth Hunter & Leandro Garcia
Published online: 04 Apr 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Getting to effective housing policy for health: a thematic synthesis of policy development and implementation
Emily Nix, Andrew Ibbetson, Ke Zhou, Michael Davies, Paul Wilkinson, Ramona Ludolph & Helen Pineo
Published online: 04 Apr 2024
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Book Review

Book Review
Neighbourhoods and public health: The impact of place in Urban Areas
by Uzma Ajmal, and Saleha Jamal. 2023. Published by Routledge: London. 276 pp., 26 figures. £104.00 (Hardback), ISBN 9781032499819.
Delto Loisandro Tanesab & Muhammad Farmawy
Published online: 03 Apr 2024
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VISUAL ESSAY

Pictorial Work
Ghetto go green: small scale urban farming for youth health and wellbeing in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda
Stine Kronsted
Published online: 01 Apr 2024
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Reflective Praxis – Think-pieces

Comment
Do key informants and commuters share the same thoughts on modal shifts? Reflection from in-depth interviews conducted during COVID-19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Shaila Jamal, Sadia Chowdhury & K. Bruce Newbold
Published online: 25 Mar 2024
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Commentary and Debate

Comment
Bringing brain health home: the importance of housing and the urban environment for building this generation’s brain health
Brian Lawlor, Thomas Grey, Eoin J. Cotter, Macarena Espina Diaz & Ian H. Robertson
Published online: 25 Mar 2024
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Original Scholarship

Review Article
Towards anxiety alleviating streetscape design: a comprehensive literature review
Sayna Anand & Tina Pujara
Published online: 19 Mar 2024
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Correction

Correction
Correction
Published online: 14 Mar 2024
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Original Scholarship

Article
Finding your way: exploring urban park users’ engagement with a wayfinding intervention through intercept go-along interviews
Jack Hardwicke, Kimberley M. Hill & Declan J. Ryan
Published online: 07 Mar 2024
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Original Scholarship

Article
A valuation study to identify the determinants of the demand for time spent outdoors among users of hospital facilities, their willingness-to-pay for green infrastructure improvements, and the implications for planning
Marios Zachariou & Alberto Longo
Published online: 06 Mar 2024
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Reflective Praxis - Major Article

Comment
Physical activity in public space: insights from a global community of practice applying photovoice as a tool for digital participatory place analysis
Heike Köckler, Rehana Shrestha, Atif Bilal Aslam, Tania Berger, Susanne Börner, Clement Cheung, Carlo Fabian, Hiranmayi Shankavaram, Reshma Shrestha, Sadichchha Shrestha & Daniel Simon
Published online: 01 Mar 2024
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Original Scholarship

Article
Investigating equitable access of children and seniors to urban green spaces and its relationship with neighborhood walkability: a case study of Tehran, Iran
Milad Asadi & Mahin Nastaran
Published online: 29 Feb 2024
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ORIGINAL SCHOLARSHIP

Article
Preference-based jogging route selection in downtown Tokyo
Yumeng Huang, Sunyong Eom & Tsutomu Suzuki
Published online: 29 Feb 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Exploring young people’s views of their local area related to the 20-minute neighbourhood policy: a national cross-sectional study
Marissa Bulloch & Jonathan R. Olsen
Published online: 29 Feb 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Imagine your perfect park: a qualitative study on adolescents’ usage of green spaces, perceived benefits and preferences
Mariana Sampaio Costa, Diogo Queiroz Almeida, José Pedro Silva, Henrique Barros, Ana Isabel Ribeiro & Teresa Leão
Published online: 29 Feb 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Connectedness, feeling At home, and joyful Play (CAP): A place-based wellness model for cognitive health promotion in the community by the community
Daniel R Y Gan, Claire Wang & Eireann O’Dea (and Brain Health in Community (BHIC) Steering Committee)
Published online: 23 Feb 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Why are some places better than others for healthy ageing in urban living?
Adalberto A. S. Lopes, Eleonora d’Orsi & Cassiano R. Rech
Published online: 08 Feb 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
The neighbourhood effect on mental well-being in the Global South
Shilpi Roy & Tanjil Sowgat
Published online: 06 Feb 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
The influence of gentrification on the health and well-being of older adults: a qualitative study
Cláudia Jardim Santos, José Pedro Silva, Thomas Astell-Burt, Henrique Barros, Ema Torres & Ana Isabel Ribeiro
Published online: 02 Feb 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Acceptability of built environment interventions to improve healthy eating and physical activity among city dwellers in Saskatchewan, Canada: THEPA findings from a local context
Sahana Ramamoorthy, Lise Gauvin & Nazeem Muhajarine
Published online: 01 Feb 2024
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Original Scholarship

Note
Nature-based social interventions for people experiencing loneliness: the rationale and overview of the RECETAS project
Jill S. Litt, Laura Coll-Planas, Ashby Lavelle Sachs, Ursula Rochau, Anu Jansson, Vladimira Dostálová, Carolyn Daher, Amanda Beacom, Kaley Bachinski, Gabriela Elizabeth Garcia Velez, Sarah Bekessy, Sergi Blancafort Alias, Nicholas Hill, Mireia Gascón, Alzbeta Bartova, Lucie Cattaneo, Alice Cucchiaro, Cristina Casajuana Kögel, Nerkez Opacin, Joan Colom, Stéphanie Gentile, Iva Holmerová, Katherine Johnson, Richard Kimberlee, Uwe Siebert, Danielle Varda & Kaisu H. Pitkälä
Published online: 12 Jan 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Exploring food shopping behaviours in 20-minute neighbourhoods: a cross-sectional analysis of ProjectPLAN
Laura H. Oostenbach, Alissa J. Burnett, Karen E. Lamb & Lukar E. Thornton
Published online: 11 Jan 2024
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Original Scholarship - Empirical Papers

Article
Identifying features within a garden linked to emotional reactions and perceived restoration
Bethany Harries, Lauriane Suyin Chalmin-Pui, Birgitta Gatersleben, Alistair Griffiths & Eleanor Ratcliffe
Published online: 09 Jan 2024
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ORIGINAL SCHOLARSHIP

Article
The associations of residential greenness with cortisol in patients with heart failure
Sonata Cerkauskaite, Raimondas Kubilius, Sandra Andrusaityte & Jone Vencloviene
Published online: 26 Dec 2023
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ORIGINAL SCHOLARSHIP

Article
Urban design and planning for extreme heat: an empirical study of built environment professionals’ perceptions in South East Queensland, Australia
Ryan McNeilly Smith, Silvia Tavares & Nicholas Stevens
Published online: 22 Dec 2023
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Open Access
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