Planetary change and sustainable urban health

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  • Expected start date:
    2014•02•03
    Expected end date:
    2018•12•01
    Institute:
    UNU-IIGH
    Project Status:
    Closed
    Project Type:
    Capacity development
    Project Manager :
    David Tan Tat Ui

    Major processes of planetary change — including climate change, urbanisation, and globalisation — are dramatically shifting the ways in which we, as human beings, interact with each other and with the environment. Cities offer new challenges and new opportunities, but their growing complexity threatens to outpace the ability of governments and communities to manage the well-being of their citizens. This is strongly evidenced by the growth of such intractable problems as the obesity epidemic, the rising human and economic tolls of natural disasters, and the increasing pace of the emergence and global spread of pathogens and microbial resistance.

    Such problems, which are most strongly felt in urban areas (where most people now live), are the result of decisions made about urban governance and lifestyles. This project seeks to improve our understanding of complex urban problems at the intersection of public health and urban planning and management. It aims to link policy goals on environment, health, and development with local priorities for access to health, health resources, self-reliance, and equity through innovative partnerships at multiple levels of implementation.

    • David Tan Tat Ui
      Researcher
      Project Manager
    • Anthony Capon
      Researcher
    • Christopher Doll
      Researcher
    • Obijiofor Aginam
      Researcher
    • Jose Gabriel Siri
      Researcher
    • Jamal Hashim
      Researcher
    • Uta Dietrich
      Researcher
    • Jose Puppim de Oliveira
      Researcher
    • Yi Yi Lee
      Researcher