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Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme


Urban Health and Wellbeing Programme

Policy Briefs: Volume 1
Urban Health and Wellbeing

von: Franz W. Gatzweiler

90,94 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 23.01.2020
ISBN/EAN: 9789811513800
Sprache: englisch

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<p>This book is a compilation of the policy briefs produced by the International Science Council’s program on Urban Health and Wellbeing: A Systems Approach over the past five years. Intended for urban decision-makers at all levels, it highlights policy-relevant findings and research insights to encourage the co-creation of knowledge for healthy urban environments and people. The book shows how variations on the systems approach developed and promoted by the program have been implemented in regions around the world and contributed to improving urban health. These policy briefs summarize research findings and scientific events concerning urban health-related topics that are relevant for public health professionals, urban planners, urban stakeholder groups and the public at large.</p>
A systems approach to urban health and wellbeing has come of age in China.- A systems approach to urban health and wellbeing has come of age in the Asia-Pacific region.- A Systems Approach to Urban Health and Wellbeing has come of age in Latin-America and the Caribbean.- A systems approach to urban health and wellbeing has come of age in Africa.- Facilitating the Governance of Urban Sustainability and Resilience Transitions with Knowledge-Action Systems Analysis.- Advancing Urban Health and Wellbeing Through Collective and Artificial Intelligence: A Systems Approach 3.0.- The SALURBAL (Salud Urbana en América Latina) Project: learning from Latin America’s Cities for a Healthier Future.- Antimicrobial resistance is a health risk in Chinese cities - now it has been mapped.- Financing & Implementing Resilience with a Systems Approach in Beirut.- Addressing the Environment and Health Nexus is a Strategic Approach to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals in ASEAN.- Health and Wellbeingin the Changing Urban Environment.<p></p>
<p>Dr Franz W. Gatzweiler is a Professor at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Executive Director of the International Council for Science’s global program on “Urban Health and Wellbeing: a Systems Approach”. He studied Agricultural Economics at the University of Bonn and the Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany. His doctoral thesis was on the “Nature of Economic Value and the Value of Nature”. His current research focus is the science of complex systems, and urban and global health. He has received research grants from various German and international research foundations. In 2015, he received his postdoctoral qualification (fakultas docendi) for independent teaching and research in the field of resource economics from the Humboldt University of Berlin. Before joining the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2014, he was a senior researcher at the University of Bonn’s Center for Development Research (ZEF).</p>
<p>This book is a compilation of the policy briefs produced by the International Science Council’s program on Urban Health and Wellbeing: A Systems Approach over the past five years. Intended for urban decision-makers at all levels, it highlights policy-relevant findings and research insights to encourage the co-creation of knowledge for healthy urban environments and people. The book shows how variations on the systems approach developed and promoted by the program have been implemented in regions around the world and contributed to improving urban health. These policy briefs summarize research findings and scientific events concerning urban health-related topics that are relevant for public health professionals, urban planners, urban stakeholder groups and the public at large.</p>
Presents policy-relevant findings and insights from research and scientific events that are otherwise not easily accessible Discusses a selection of topics reflecting the state of the art in urban health research Explains in straightforward language how system approaches are implemented to solve complex urban health issues Makes valuable policy recommendations to support decision-makers in all urban health and wellbeing-related fields

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