Conference themes

The programme will cover the following topics:

Cities

• Conceptual models and frameworks for cities
• Defining, measuring and aligning liveable, sustainable, resilient, healthy cities
• Urban biodiversity and ecosystems
• Addressing complexity in cities
• Informal settlements
• Stakeholder engagement
• Sustainable development goals
• The New Urban Agenda

Land use planning and transport planning

• City governance and planning
• Connecting land use and transport planning
• Land use policies and travel behaviour
• Healthy urban planning
• Healthy urban transport policy measures
• Designing for compact cities
• Designing cities for healthy transportation
• Greening of cities
• Nature based solutions
• Justice in urban and transport planning
• Planning and social impacts

Planning and health

• Urban planning and health
• Transport planning and health
• City governance and public health
• Sustainable cities and health
• Resilient cities and health
• Climate change and health
• Compact cities and health
• Low carbon cities and health
• Planetary health and cities
• Pathways to healthy urban living
• Sustainable development goals and health

Environment and health

• Built environment, physical activity and health
• Built environment and mental health
• Built environment and physical health
• Urban exposure and epidemiology of air pollution
• Urban exposure and epidemiology of noise
• Urban exposure and epidemiology of temperature and heat islands
• Urban exposure and epidemiology of green space and biodiversity
• Nature based solutions and health
• Inequalities, environment and health
• Environmental justice

Engagement, impacts and future planning

• Community participation in planning
• Citizens science
• Impact of new technologies (Electric cars, autonomous vehicles)
• Health impact assessment of urban and transport planning
• Car free cities
• Low carbon cities
• Future (healthy) visions of cities
• From science to practice
• Barriers and facilitators for policy changes
• Translating evidence
• Education