Recent advances in data science and urban environmental health research utilise large-scale databases (100s–1000s of cities) to explore the complex interplay of urban characteristics such as city form and size, climate, mobility, exposure, and environmental health impacts. Cities are still hotspots of air pollution and noise, suffer urban heat island effects and lack of green space, which leads to disease and mortality burdens preventable with better knowledge. Better understanding through harmonising and analysing data in large numbers of cities is essential to identifying the most effective means of disease prevention and understanding context dependencies important for policy.

Commentary: A road map for future data-driven urban planning and environmental health research

Montana, Federica;Schifanella, Rossano;
2024-01-01

Abstract

Recent advances in data science and urban environmental health research utilise large-scale databases (100s–1000s of cities) to explore the complex interplay of urban characteristics such as city form and size, climate, mobility, exposure, and environmental health impacts. Cities are still hotspots of air pollution and noise, suffer urban heat island effects and lack of green space, which leads to disease and mortality burdens preventable with better knowledge. Better understanding through harmonising and analysing data in large numbers of cities is essential to identifying the most effective means of disease prevention and understanding context dependencies important for policy.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275124005547
Urban and transport planning, Urban environmental health research, Urban indicators, Urban data inventory, GeoAI, Urban policy
Dyer, Georgia M.C.; Khomenko, Sasha; Adlakha, Deepti; Anenberg, Susan; Angelova, Julianna; Behnisch, Martin; Boeing, Geoff; Chen, Xuan; Cirach, Marta;...espandi
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