Projects – Page 2 – Urban Transformations

Reuniting planning and health: Tackling the implementation gaps in evidence, governance and knowledge

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Urban planning and health outcomes in cities are closely interlinked, with environmental factors such as sanitation, air quality and green space all acting as important determinants of physical and mental wellbeing. Despite this, however, the two…

Urban Living Pilot – The Bristol Urban Area Diagnostics Pilot

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While Bristol has shown considerable success in steering a path towards greater wellbeing and sustainability, reflected in its status as European Green Capital 2015, it has nevertheless struggled to fully realise its ambitions of urban transformation.…

Healthy Urban Living and Ageing in Place: Physical Activity, Built Environment and Knowledge Exchange in Brazilian Cities (HULAP)

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With one of the most rapidly ageing populations in the world, Brazil now faces an emerging health crisis as non-communicable conditions such as obesity affect growing numbers of older urban residents. However, while the built environment…

Brazil-UK Healthy Urban Mobility (HUM)

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While in recent years there has been growing interest in the ways planning can promote improved health and mobility, increased use of private vehicles in many cities has come at the expense of walking, cycling and…

Healthy, Secure and Gender Just Cities: Transnational Perspectives on Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) in Rio de Janeiro and London

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Brazil has long struggled with high levels of violence against women, with thousands killed and injured each year. In turn, many migrant women in the Brazilian diaspora also face high levels of gender-based violence. Healthy, Secure…

Mental Health, Migration and the Chinese Mega-City

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The growth of Chinese cities, accelerated by internal migration, poses considerable challenges for urban citizens. Mental health, Migration and the Chinese Mega-city looks at the complex issues facing migration populations in Shanghai, in particular access to…

Understanding Urban Movements through Big Data and Social Simulation

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A project working to improve the collection and integration of crowd-generated data to assess health and crime trends in cities.

A New Sociology for a New Century: Transforming the Relations between Sociology and Neuroscience through a Study of Mental Life and The City

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Research project exploring the social and neurological life of urban citizens, with particular attention to mental health.