Opportunities and challenges within urban health and sustainable development

Jack E. Fisher; Zorana J. Andersen; Steffen Loft; Marie Pedersen

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2017.08.008

Opportunities and challenges within urban health and sustainable development

Jack E. Fisher, Zorana J. Andersen, Steffen Loft, Marie Pedersen

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Abstract

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals mark aunique window of opportunity for both human and planetaryhealth. With rising life expectancy and rapidly expanding urbanpopulations exposed to pollution and sedentary lifestyles, thereis a greater focus on reducing the gap between life expectancyand number of healthy years lived, whilst limiting anthropogenicactivities contributing to pollution and climate change. Thus,urban development and policies, which can create win–winsituations for our planet and human health, falls into the realmand expertise of public health. However, some of thesepolicies have potential trade-offs in terms of associatedrisks. Here we review some of these opportunities andchallenges related to active transport and natural environmentsin urban settings.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Vol/bind	25
Sider (fra-til)	77-83
Antal sider	7
ISSN	1877-3435
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.08.008
Status	Udgivet - apr. 2017

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Opportunities and challenges within urban health and sustainable development

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