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Study protocol of the European Urban Burden of Disease Project : A health impact assessment study
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. Barrera-Gómez, Jose Basagaña, Xavier Cirach, Marta Daher, Carolyn Pulido, Maria Foraster Iungman, Tamara Gasparrini, Antonio Hoek, Gerard de Hoogh, Kees
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
Barrera-Gómez, Jose
Basagaña, Xavier
Cirach, Marta
Daher, Carolyn
Pulido, Maria Foraster
Iungman, Tamara
Gasparrini, Antonio
Hoek, Gerard
de Hoogh, Kees
Author
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
Barrera-Gómez, Jose
Basagaña, Xavier
Cirach, Marta
Daher, Carolyn
Pulido, Maria Foraster
Iungman, Tamara
Gasparrini, Antonio
Hoek, Gerard
de Hoogh, Kees
Khomenko, Sasha
Khreis, Haneen
de Nazelle, Audrey
Ramos, Ana
Rojas-Rueda, David
Pereira-Barboza, Evelise
Tainio, Marko
Thondoo, Meelan
Tonne, Cathryn
Woodcock, James
Mueller, N.
Barrera-Gómez, Jose
Basagaña, Xavier
Cirach, Marta
Daher, Carolyn
Pulido, Maria Foraster
Iungman, Tamara
Gasparrini, Antonio
Hoek, Gerard
de Hoogh, Kees
Khomenko, Sasha
Khreis, Haneen
de Nazelle, Audrey
Ramos, Ana
Rojas-Rueda, David
Pereira-Barboza, Evelise
Tainio, Marko
Thondoo, Meelan
Tonne, Cathryn
Woodcock, James
Mueller, N.
Abstract
Introduction: Cities have long been known to be society’s predominant engine of innovation and wealth creation, yet they are also hotspots of pollution and disease partly due to current urban and transport practices. The aim of the European Urban Burden of Disease project is to evaluate the health burden and its determinants related to current and future potential urban and transport planning practices and related exposures in European cities and make this evidence available for policy and decision making for healthy and sustainable futures.
Methods and analysis: Drawing on an established comparative risk assessment methodology (ie, Urban and Transport Planning Health Impact Assessment) tool), in nearly 1000 European cities we will (1) quantify the health impacts of current urban and transport planning related exposures (eg, air pollution, noise, excess heat, lack of green space) (2) and evaluate the relationship between current levels of exposure, health impacts and city characteristics (eg, size, density, design, mobility) (3) rank and compare the cities based on exposure levels and the health impacts, (4) in a number of selected cities assess in-depth the linkages between urban and transport planning, environment, physical activity and health, and model the health impacts of alternative and realistic urban and transport planning scenarios, and, finally, (5) construct a healthy city index and set up an effective knowledge translation hub to generate impact in society and policy.
Ethics and dissemination: All data to be used in the project are publicly available data and do not need ethics approval. We will request consent for personal data on opinions and views and create data agreements for those providing information on current and future urban and transport planning scenarios.
Keywords
urban areas, Europe, Cities, health impacts, air pollution, noise, excess heat, lack of green space
Date
2022
Type
Journal article
Journal
BMJ Open
Book
Volume
12
Issue
1
Page Range
1-8
Article Number
Article e054270
ACU Department
Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY-NC 4.0
File Access
Open