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WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments, UWE Bristol. Supporting with research the healthy cities movement since 1995.
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http://www.uwe.ac.uk/et/research/who 24-05-2017 12:42:37
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Last week UN-Habitat and OCEANIX Busan unveiled the world’s first prototype for a sustainable #floatingcity. Check out the prototype as hosted in Busan, Korea. The interconnected neighborhoods total 6.3 hectares can accommodate 12,000 people. More ➡️ bit.ly/3vGLIKM
Some challenges are universal but also deeply local to each city 🏙️ - by listening to different experiences we can learn from one another and be inspired by actions and solutions that have worked elsewhere. #HealthyCities #WUF11 UN-Habitat
"Much of the work that you do as Ministries of Health is dealing with the consequences of poor diets, polluted environments, unsafe roads and workplaces, inadequate health literacy, and the aggressive marketing of products that harm health"-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the World Health Organization South-East Asia #RC75
One Planet panel at the Healthy Cities Network Conference - 10 minute approach being used across the city of Utrecht to address health and climate
From Plenary Session 4 on 'One People: Together We Leave No One Behind' at World Health Organization (WHO) #HealthyCities Annual Business Meeting & Technical Conference Read: bit.ly/3gvoEKi
"We need an economy focused on the well-being of people & planet. People want to thrive not just to survive. Well-being economy can help drive solutions to #OneHealth" - Katja Iversen at Plenary Session 4 on 'One People: Together We Leave No One Behind' #HealthyCities
Closure of the Healthy Cities Network Annual Conference with a presentation by the Mayor of Burgos, Spain #OneHealth
The Annual WHO #healthycities Conference in Copenhagen is over - looking forward to the next conference in Utrecht 2023. Healthy Cities Network
