Research for city practice

Abstract

SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOW Human health and planetary health are influenced by the urban environments we have created. For both human and planetary health, trends showing a current decline and ongoing risks are leading to increasing concern globally. It is imperative that finding solutions becomes a core focus for urban policy. This will require concerted action. The journal Cities & Health is dedicated to supporting a multidirectional flow of knowledge to help make this happen. We wish to foster communication between researchers, practitioners, policymakers, communities and decision-makers in cities. This is the purpose of this section, and the short ‘City Know-how’ articles in the journal. The team Cities & Health and our knowledge partners (the International Society for Urban Health and Salus.Global) invite you to be part of these conversations, interact with their networks, authors and communities; and to consider publishing in Cities & Health to influence urban policy.