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By Julia Walton 7 November 2023Blog

Highlighting the health and wellbeing impacts of urban development. Frome Gateway regeneration framework consultation launched

Highlighting the health and wellbeing impacts of urban development. Frome Gateway regeneration framework consultation launched By Anna Le Gouais, University of Bristol The Frome Gateway regeneration framework has reached a major milestone with six weeks of public consultation, including a major part of my input and research – using health evidence to inform the Read more

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By Julia Walton 31 October 2023Blog

In pursuit of financing a sustainable urban future for all

In pursuit of financing a sustainable urban future for all By Professor Kathy Pain, Henley Business School at the University of Reading I’m writing to mark the ‘New Urban Agenda’ UN-Habitat ‘World Cities Day’ on behalf of our specialist research programme investigating and promoting healthier urban planning. This year, the day seeks to observe Read more

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By Julia Walton 24 October 2023Blog

UK government climate policy developments leave a health-shaped gap

UK government climate policy developments leave a health-shaped gap By Geoff Bates, University of Bath Institute for Policy Research and Krista Bondy, University of Stirling The Prime Minister recently announced his government’s intention to delay and scale down targets for delivering on their net zero and climate agendas. While the public and planetary health Read more

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By Julia Walton 16 August 2023Urban Development

Unravelling the relationship between urban planning and public health

Unravelling the relationship between urban planning and public health This blog post originally appeared in Blogged Environment and is reposted with the authors permission. By Heeseo Rain Kwon, Kathy Pain, Cecilia Wong and Caglar Koksal Public health, social and economic concerns in tension – The debate The heated debates around clean air and urban Read more

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