The WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environment

Updating the determinants of health model in the information age (2018)
Journal Article

In 1991, Dahlgren and Whitehead produced a highly influential model of the determinants of health that has since been used by numerous national and international public health organizations globally. The purpose of the model is to enable intervention... Read More about Updating the determinants of health model in the information age.

Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning (2015)
Book Chapter

Barton and Grant, discuss neighbourhood design in depth. The concept and importance of the ‘neighbourhood’ as a setting for health is presented. Spatial patterning of urban growth fits into a number of archetypes, dictated by either market forces or... Read More about Retrofitting suburbia for health: Scenarios for neighbourhood planning.

Freiburg: Green capital of Europe (2015)
Book Chapter

The spatial configuration of Freiburg is examined with respect to how land use and transport policies have been developed that have achieved a good quality of life across the life-course, whilst also minimising global footprint.

A systemic analys... Read More about Freiburg: Green capital of Europe.

The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being (2015)
Book

Urban planning is deeply implicated in both the planetary crisis of climate change and the personal crises of unhealthy lifestyles. Worldwide health issues such as obesity, mental illness, growing health inequalities and climate vulnerability cannot... Read More about The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being.

A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Summary
This study reviews ozone concentrations from rural monitoring stations across Europe between 1996 and 2010 across a range of statistics with regard to the various objectives, target values and thresholds established by the 2008 Ambient Air Q... Read More about A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010.

Variations in car type, size, usage and emissions across Great Britain and relationships with socio-demographic characteristics (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is an early output from the EPSRC/RCUK Energy Programme project, MOT (Motoring and vehicle Ownership Trends in the UK). The MOT test record dataset recently released by the Department for Transport provides the ability to estimate annual m... Read More about Variations in car type, size, usage and emissions across Great Britain and relationships with socio-demographic characteristics.

Co-managing carbon and air quality: Pros and cons of local sustainability initiatives (2014)
Journal Article

This paper reports the pros and cons of co-management (i.e. concerted actions towards climate change and air quality management) through local sustainability initiatives using three case studies, each encompassing the planning and management issues a... Read More about Co-managing carbon and air quality: Pros and cons of local sustainability initiatives.

The 'Four Dimensions of Behaviour' framework: a tool for characterising behaviours to help design better interventions (2014)
Journal Article

This paper sets out the rationale and structure of a tool for assisting policy-makers and practitioners to understand behavioural challenges and open up thinking on the design of effective 'behaviour change' interventions. The 'Four Dimensions of Beh... Read More about The 'Four Dimensions of Behaviour' framework: a tool for characterising behaviours to help design better interventions.

Carbon reduction scenarios for 2050: An explorative analysis of public preferences (2013)
Journal Article

This paper presents an analysis of public preferences for a low carbon future UK and compares them with three future scenarios proposed by the UK government based on data from 10,983 self-selected participants who engaged in the UK Department of Ener... Read More about Carbon reduction scenarios for 2050: An explorative analysis of public preferences.

Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues (2013)
Journal Article

For key stakeholders to make informed air quality management decisions it is often necessary for in-depth data analysis to be tailored and concisely presented to meet their needs. Given the complexity of sources, the abundance of relevant data (e.g.... Read More about Utilising Openair to support multi-stakeholder engagement and the resolution of air quality issues.

A critique of the local air quality management process in the UK (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Residential-source emission inventory for the Niger delta: A methodological approach (2013)
Journal Article

This paper describes the methods applied to construct a GIS-based emission inventory infrastructure for specific air pollutants and greenhouse gases released from domestic cooking and lighting in the Niger Delta using publicly accessible data. The pu... Read More about Residential-source emission inventory for the Niger delta: A methodological approach.

Air quality action planning: why do barriers to remediation in local air quality management remain? (2013)
Journal Article

UK local air quality action planning has failed to remediate exceedances of air quality targets, particularly for nitrogen dioxide, which are widespread and persistent a decade after the first local action plans were drafted. This paper is relevant t... Read More about Air quality action planning: why do barriers to remediation in local air quality management remain?.

Health and the built environment: Expert seminar report for public health England (2013)
Report

The connection between health and the built environment is not new. The sanitary revolution of the 19th century was largely based on tackling problems in the urban environment. The connection between health and issues such as housing, transport, air... Read More about Health and the built environment: Expert seminar report for public health England.

Characterising behaviours: Linking theory, behaviour and intervention design using the‘4 dimensions of behaviour’ (4DB) framework (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There are few ways to distinguish between different ‘types’ of behaviour, and therefore which of these theories may best be applied to understanding any particular one, or which interventions may be best suited to promoting change. For example, how m... Read More about Characterising behaviours: Linking theory, behaviour and intervention design using the‘4 dimensions of behaviour’ (4DB) framework.

Techniques for the inference of mileage rates from MOT data (2013)
Journal Article

Mathematical and computational techniques are developed for the processing and analysis of annual Ministry of Transport roadworthiness (MOT) test data that the UK Department for Transport has placed in the public domain. First, techniques are given t... Read More about Techniques for the inference of mileage rates from MOT data.

Assessing the local sustainable transport fund submissions in relation to disruption (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) is a £560m investment by the UK Government in local authority transport schemes in England (excluding London). The fund will be matched by local authorities’ own investments from their transport budgets, me... Read More about Assessing the local sustainable transport fund submissions in relation to disruption.

Exploring walkability and health in Bristol (2013)
Journal Article

The importance of walking as a form of physical activity has been rising in prominence in recent years. This paper explores the results of a recent project looking at the walkability of Bristol and how this relates to physical activity, walking, heal... Read More about Exploring walkability and health in Bristol.

Comparing and presenting city-level transportation CO2 emissions using GIS (2013)
Journal Article

In 2011, the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) inventory of diffuse emissions became available, providing data on a range of atmospheric emissions at a 5km resolution across Europe. The data are produced from spatially disaggr... Read More about Comparing and presenting city-level transportation CO2 emissions using GIS.