Urban environmental health interventions towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Sotiris Vardoulakis; Jennifer Salmond; Thomas Krafft; Lidia Morawska

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141530

Urban environmental health interventions towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Sotiris Vardoulakis^*, Jennifer Salmond, Thomas Krafft, Lidia Morawska

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Abstract

The aim of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030. Since the majority of the global population lives in cities, it is crucial to identify, evaluate and implement urban interventions (such as zero carbon housing, active transport, better urban connectivity, air pollution control, clean household fuels, and protection fromheat and flood events) that will improve health andwellbeing and make our natural and built environment more sustainable. This Virtual Special Issue (VSI) comprises of 14 diverse case studies, methods and tools that provide suggestions for interventions which directly or indirectly support the achievement of the UN SDGs. (c) 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Original language	English
Article number	141530
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science of the Total Environment
Volume	748
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141530
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2020

Keywords

Urban health
Environmental health
Non-communicable diseases
Sustainable development
Climate change

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