Pub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2260132
Sara Alidoust
Cities across the world are challenged by acute and chronic problems. Liveability policies and plans have generally disregarded the impacts of unexpected shocks and disturbances on cities and the quality of life of communities. This paper argues that the resiliency of a city is a necessary condition for its liveability. Applying qualitative methodologies, the paper builds on in-depth semi-structured interviews to explore the interface between the concepts of liveability and resiliency. Findings suggested that urban planning and policy needs to address the institutionalised inequities built into our cities through ‘local living’. Planning sustained liveable cities was also perceived to be ‘people centred’. ‘Integrated long-term planning’, ‘responsiveness and adaptability’, ‘future-proofing’ and ‘sustainable development’ were also underlined as key principles of developing cities that are both liveable and resilient. These principles are, however, challenging to implement. Future studies need to investigate the mechanisms through which these can be translated into practice.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-21DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2259168
Sarah Ouma, Jane Wairutu, Jacob Omondi
ABSTRACTThis visual essay showcases the collaborative efforts of Shack Dwellers International (SDI)-Kenya, a non-governmental organization, and Muungano wa Wanavijiji, the federation of the urban poor, in addressing health challenges and promoting inclusivity in Nairobi’s informal settlements. Through community-driven organizing, mapping and action-research the groups generated improved water, sanitation, education, roads, and affordable housing interventions. The collaboration leveraged community health volunteers (CHVs) and a vast network of young people to document and communicate health messages and implement actions. The collaborations expanded Muungano’s Know Your City TV (KYCTV) program, which employs tens of local youth to create media supporting community-wide awareness building of and mobilization for slum upgrading.KEYWORDS: Community driven interventionscommunity health volunteersyouthinformal settlements Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).CreditsWall murals: Mtua Arts. All Photos, KYCTV Team.Additional informationNotes on contributorsSarah OumaSarah Ouma is Communications Officer, SDI-K.Jane WairutuJane Wairutu is Programme Manager, SDI-K.Jacob OmondiJacob Omondi is a Federation leader of Muungano in Nairobi.
摘要这篇视觉文章展示了非政府组织国际棚屋居民(SDI)-肯尼亚和城市贫民联合会Muungano wa Wanavijiji在应对内罗毕非正式住区的健康挑战和促进包容性方面的合作努力。通过社区驱动的组织、绘图和行动研究，这些团体提出了改善水、卫生、教育、道路和经济适用房的干预措施。这项合作利用了社区卫生志愿者和庞大的年轻人网络来记录和传播卫生信息并实施行动。这些合作扩大了Muungano的Know Your City TV (KYCTV)项目，该项目雇用了数十名当地青年创建媒体，支持全社区对贫民窟改造的认识建设和动员。关键词:社区驱动干预;社区卫生志愿者;青少年;正式解决方案披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突。小壁画:Mtua Arts。所有照片，KYCTV团队。其他信息撰稿人说明sarah Ouma是SDI-K的通讯官员。Jane Wairutu是SDI-K的项目经理。Jacob Omondi是内罗毕Muungano的一名联邦领导人。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-19DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2244680
Irene Vidal, Marta Fajó-Pascual, Sara Gutiérrez, Esther López, Bárbara Vázquez, Silvia García, Abel Esteban, Paola Hernández, Julia Diez, Manuel Franco
City-based initiatives to improve eating habits are being developed. Although there is sufficient evidence of their potential impact, the largest gap lies in the translation of this knowledge into urban food policies and interventions. In this article, we describe the experience of the city of Madrid city healthy and sustainable nursery school food systems. Madrid, the third largest European city, is characterized by large social inequalities. Childhood overweight and obesity affect over 40% of children, with those from low socioeconomic status showing a higher prevalence. In Madrid, the ‘Healthy and Sustainable Food Strategies’ include collaborations between city officials, NGOs, food producers, and academics. We highlight two important achievements within nursery schools (72 centers covering 8,500 children aged 0-3 years) fostering healthier and more sustainable food systems. First, the development and implementation of health and environmental standards in public food procurement practices. Second, the establishment of collaborative Food Steering Groups between the Madrid Council childhood education department and civil society. Madrid’s experience might be of interest to other cities.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-06DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2240478
Smruti Jukur, Neele Wiltgen Georgi, R. Tolhurst, L. Whittaker, Kim Ozano, Vinod Kumar Rao
ABSTRACT Worldwide, infrastructure expansion and visions of ‘slum-free cities’ displace people living in informal settlements. Without community participation in these processes and accountability mechanisms in place’ such displacement can adversely impact people’s health and well-being. This piece outlines SPARC’s (Society For Promotion of Area Resource Centres, SPARC is an NGO based in India promoting action of organised communities of urban poor to negotiate with the state on accessing tenure security, housing, sanitation and civic services) experience promoting community participation among residents of a relocation site in Ahmedabad, fostering coalescence, and rebuilding the dismantled community organisation to foster social accountability systems. The experience has reinforced learnings from previous work that poorly planned relocation increases the risk of impoverishment and negatively impacts residents’ social relations, which severely affects their ability to come together to demand social accountability. As such, we had to innovate our engagement strategies to rebuild trust and confidence and strengthen community participation and organisation, which we share here.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2192333
Louise A. Mitchell, M. Hardman, T. Goodspeed, L. Atkinson, M. Howarth
Social return on investment is a method which moves beyond merely return on investment and captures the complex nature of benefits derived from projects which are often unquantifiable (LSE 2019). It should be noted that there are numerous definitions and interpretations of the approach: it can be interpreted as a general approach, or a specific set of standards governed by Social Value International, or even as a ‘sustainable’ return on investment (see Bohmholdt 2014). The Social Return on Investment Network (2012) (now Social Value International) conceptualise it as:
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2247909
Marcus Grant
SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOW Evidence supports what we all know; that human health and planetary health are heavily influenced by the urban environments we create. However, outcomes for human and planetary health both show worrying trends of ongoing and increasing risks. These should be of global concern. It is imperative that we use policy, programmes and projects for testing solutions as core focus for urban interventions. This requires concerted action. Cities & Health is dedicated to supporting a multidirectional flow of knowledge to support such action. Our aim is to foster connections and conversations between researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, communities, and decision-makers in cities. That is the specific purpose of this innovative section of the journal, with its short ‘City Know-how’ policy briefings from research findings. The team at Cities & Health, and our two knowledge partners (International Society for Urban Health and SALUS.Global), invite you to join their networks, and contribute to the conversations we so urgently need. We call out internationally to communities, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers to consider publishing in Cities & Health to help influence urban policy.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-22DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2246747
Helen V. S. Cole
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Pub Date : 2023-08-18DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2242091
V. Gokhale, D. Joshi, Anjali Acharya
ABSTRACT Public toilet facilities in an urban setting are an essential infrastructure that guarantees every citizen’s right to sanitation in the public realm. This paper contends on the fragility of urban infrastructure in addressing women’s needs focusing on public toilet facilities in Indian cities. We argue that the deficit and inequitable provision of urban public toilets in Indian cities restricts women’s participation in the public realm and perpetuates social inequality, with Pune, India, as the case. The spatial features of 124 public toilet facilities in 15 wards were examined in light of gender-responsive guidelines under the Swachha Bharat Mission. Various contextual, psychosocial, and technological factors influencing toilet use behavior were identified with semi-structured in-depth interviews with 45 women in three different life stages using the Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. The analysis provided a nuanced understanding of various spatial and psychosocial aspects governing women’s public toilet use in Pune. Analysis showed that various initiatives for improving sanitation adopted an androcentric vision in designing public toilets discounting women’s equitable participation in the public realm. The finding delineates a spatial paradigm on providing inclusive public toilets contributing to women’s mobility and equity in the Indian urban environment.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-07DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2241603
Jose Cepero-Saravia, Cristina Dreifuss-Serrano, A. Ortigoza
ABSTRACT Early childhood development is crucial for children’s growth and long-term outcomes. In Peru, the government has made investments in education and health, aiming to support child development programs. However, more work is needed in other areas to ensure all children can thrive. This paper explores the potential of interventions in the built environment as a relatively unexplored area that could benefit child’s development. We present the implementation of the ‘Safe Route to the “Mercedarias” daycare’ project as a successful experience for promoting child-friendly cities. The project involved collaboration among mid-level officers and frontline workers within a large municipality’s organizational structure. The strategies we used allowed us to build a working group willing to collaborate on further projects. The process was successful without requiring additional expenses beyond regular costs. Officers that had never been involved before felt engaged with the initiative while testimonies from caregivers indicated positive outputs. The case study could serve as an example to other cities of a successful model for promoting early childhood development in cities by engaging stakeholders at all levels in the identification of challenges faced by young children and caregivers while underscoring the importance of investing in urban environment interventions for improving children’s growth.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-21DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2023.2230620
Jason Corburn, Joseph Griffin, Brandon Harris, David Padilla
ABSTRACT This case study explores how an urban, low-income, community in Richmond, California, came together to reclaim a local park, redesign and redevelop it, and the impacts that process and the new green space is having on local residents. The park is called Elm Playlot and the community group, Pogo Park. Methods used to generate the case study included original document review, participant observation, and interviews, as well as data from two community surveys and a youth photovoice project. The case study emphasizes that urban health promoting and healing physical and social transformations must be co-created, community leadership, ownership and economic benefits must be prioritized, and decade-long commitments from residents, local government and non-governmental organizations, not one alone, are necessary. We also found that redevelopment of Pogo Park contributed to significant reductions in self-reported fear of violence and improvements in community social connections, trust and overall stress for those living in the parks’ Iron Triangle neighborhood. Further, two years after the completion of the park, life expectancy in the neighborhood had increased by five years, the number of gun homicides was reduced by over 30%, and almost 60% of residents were rating their health as good or excellent.
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