Research for city practice

SUPPORTING CITY KNOW-HOW We all know that human health and planetary health are heavily influenced by the urban environments we create. For both human and planetary health, worrying trends show ongoing and increasing risks. These are of global concern. It is imperative that finding and testing solutions become a core focus for urban policy. This will require concerted action. Cities & Health is dedicated to supporting a multidirectional flow of knowledge to support this. Our aim is to foster 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.