Cities & Health

Cities & Health provides an innovative international platform for consolidating research and know-how for city development to support human health. The journal is committed to developing a shared evidence base, encouraging better cross-disciplinary understanding and supporting critical trans-disciplinary practices. The journal publishes papers and commentary from researchers and practitioners working to build a new wisdom for supporting healthier cities. Cities & Health explores the drivers of urban change through the lenses of health and health equity. From climate change to the digital city, from city leadership to community resilience, cities all over the world are in transition. The journal covers a wide range of topics but public health needs to be at the heart of the discourse. Cities & Health promotes greater discourse between the many disparate professions and disciplines involved. The journal invites contributions from a broad range of disciplines, including, but not limited to- built environment, including: urban design, planning, architecture, transport, landscape and city governance- public health, including: epidemiology, health economy, public health advocacy and community health- experts in many other relevant fields, such as psychology, human behaviour, geography, environmental resources, cultural studies, communications and the arts.