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Author Ziafati Bafarasat A.; Cheshmehzangi A.; Ankowska A.
Title A set of 99 healthy city indicators for application in urban planning and design
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Ziafati Bafarasat A.; Cheshmehzangi A.; Ankowska A. A set of 99 healthy city indicators for application in urban planning and design,Sustainable Development

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Abstract Despite much interest in healthy, sustainable cities, currently they are often on the margins of urban planning and design, not the centre. Part of the reason for this is technical. Many planners are interested in designing healthier cities but wonder how to link their objectives with actions. This study develops 99 indicators for a healthy city. The basis for the development of indicators was the 11 objectives of a healthy city according to the World Health Organisation. Application of these indicators helps push healthy city objectives to the centre of urban planning and design in two ways: (I) the indicators can show gap with each objective; and (II) monitoring the indicators over time can show the performance of solutions for each objective. It is possible to explore synergies and trade-offs between the 11 objectives of healthy cities by examining the relationships between their 99 indicators. Trade-offs between healthy city objectives in some contexts might require local adjustment of these objectives. This, in turn, would require adjustment of their indicators. Thus, the set of 99 indicators can be used as a starting point in an iterative process of adapting healthy city objectives and indicators to local circumstances. © 2023 The Authors. Sustainable Development published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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DOI 10.1002/sd.2499
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