Study protocol of the European Urban Burden of Disease Project: a health impact assessment study.

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 ur

SUBMITTER: Nieuwenhuijsen MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783806 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature