id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-261218-tgbw81ua Vardoulakis, Sotiris Urban Environmental Health Interventions towards the Sustainable Development Goals 2020-08-07 .txt text/plain 2022 88 39 Since the majority of the global population lives in cities, it is crucial to identify, evaluate and implement urban interventions (such as such as zero carbon housing, active transport, better urban connectivity, air pollution control, clean household fuels, and protection from heat and flood events) that will improve health and wellbeing and make our natural and built environment more sustainable. Well-planned, sustainable, changes to urban transport, housing, land use, renewable energy generation, and waste management have the potential to lead to improvements in air and water quality and liveability of urban environments providing multiple benefits including improved public health, reduced inequalities and higher productivity in cities . The Healthy-Polis Consortium for Urban Environmental Health and Sustainability (www.healthy-polis.org) aims to contribute to the implementation of the SDGs by identifying and evaluating specific policy initiatives, case studies, evidence gaps, and opportunities for research and translation into environmental public health practice in cities around the world. ./cache/cord-261218-tgbw81ua.txt ./txt/cord-261218-tgbw81ua.txt