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GGR Poster Supporting Sustainable Communities
As part of a GoGreeRoutes project, Limerick City & County Council enabled this community led open space design based on Nature Based Solutions (NBS). Dr. Sarah O’Malley (Limerick City & County Council) guided the project from its onset to create a sustainable, vibrant and educational urban ‘Greenspace’, providing opportunities for social engagement, contact with the natural environment and active recreation, as well as...
Publication Date: 02 Dec 2024
Author(s): Limerick City and County Council
The environmental health citizen interview tool: towards an inclusive qualitative environmental wellbeing approach in support of planetary health
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are vital for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss, yet their benefits are often unequally distributed. This study introduces the Environmental Health Citizen Interview Tool, aiming to inclusively capture diverse perspectives on environmental wellbeing using qualitative research methods. The principles of epistemic justice and planetary health are central to its development.
...Publication Date: 21 Nov 2024
Author(s): Ben Delbaere, Evelise Pereira Barboza, Bianka Plüschke-Altof, Mariia Chebotareva, Evelien Van Rafelghem, Lauren Blockmans, Hans Keune
On the need for a multi-dimensional framework to measure accessibility to urban green
With the recent expansion of urban greening interventions, the definition of spatial indicators to measure the provision of urban greenery has become pivotal in informing the policy-design process. By analyzing the stability of the population and area rankings induced by several indicators of green accessibility for over 1000 cities worldwide, we investigate the extent to which using a single metric provides a reliable...
Publication Date: 13 Nov 2024
Author(s): Alice Battison, Rossano Schifanella
Climate crisis, cities, and health
More than ever, the climate crisis is becoming a health crisis. An estimated 5 million people globally die each year because of suboptimal temperatures,1 with a large proportion of heat-related mortality (37%) attributable to human-induced climate change.2 Cities have an important role in climate action to reduce CO2 emissions. Such emissions are determined by multiple factors, including the size, urban form, density,...
Publication Date: 17 Oct 2024
Author(s): Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen
How opportunistic mobile monitoring can enhance air quality assessment?
The deteriorating air quality in urban areas, particularly in developing countries, has led to increased attention being paid to the issue. Daily reports of air pollution are essential to effectively manage public health risks. Pollution estimation has become crucial to expanding spatial and temporal coverage and estimating pollution levels at different locations. The emergence of low-cost sensors has enabled...
Publication Date: 04 Sep 2024
Author(s): Mohammad Abboud, Yehia Taher, Karine Zeitouni, Ana-Maria Olteanu-Raimond
