Cities and health: an evolving global conversation

Marcus Grant; Caroline Brown; Waleska T. Caiaffa; Anthony Capon; Jason Corburn; Chris Coutts; Carlos J. Crespo; Geraint Ellis; George Ferguson; Colin Fudge; Trevor Hancock; Roderick J. Lawrence; Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen; Tolu Oni; Susan Thompson; Cor Wagenaar; Catharine Ward Thompson

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Cities and health: an evolving global conversation

Marcus Grant, Caroline Brown, Waleska T. Caiaffa, Anthony Capon, Jason Corburn, Chris Coutts, Carlos J. Crespo, Geraint Ellis, George Ferguson, Colin Fudge, Trevor Hancock, Roderick J. Lawrence, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Tolu Oni, Susan Thompson, Cor Wagenaar, Catharine Ward Thompson

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AbstractThe Cities and Health journal sees its launch in 2017. Looking back over half a century of growth and global expansion in economic activity, although there have been societal benefits, negative impacts are starting to take their toll on planetary resources and human health. As we enter what is being termed The Anthropocene, the city is becoming the preferred habitat for humanity. The imprint of city lifestyles, in terms of both resource use and waste, is found across the globe, threatening the ecosystem services that support our health. In cities themselves, due to risks and challenges to health, we are witnessing a rise in non-communicable disease, twinned with infectious disease for the many who live increasingly in informal or slum urban development. High levels of health inequity are found within urban populations. The resultant health problems are placing increasing strain on health services, with pressure only set to increase due to continuing urbanization and ageing populations. Evidence in...

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Journal	Cities & Health
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2017.1316025
Publication status	Published - 25 Apr 2017

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Grant, M., Brown, C., Caiaffa, W. T., Capon, A., Corburn, J., Coutts, C., Crespo, C. J., Ellis, G., Ferguson, G., Fudge, C., Hancock, T., Lawrence, R. J., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Oni, T., Thompson, S., Wagenaar, C., & Ward Thompson, C. (2017). Cities and health: an evolving global conversation. Cities & Health, 1(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2017.1316025

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