In 2018, at the 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health held in London, the World Health Organization launched its global physical activity strategy for ‘More Active People for a Healthier World’ and the multidisciplinary Global Healthy and Sustainable City-Indicators Collaboration was established. At meetings of the International Physical Environment Network (IPEN) and the Council of the Environment and Physical Activity (ISPAH CEPA), we recruited collaborators in 25 cities in 19 countries and six continents to participate in the first part of this study, with results published in 2022. With expertise in public health, urban and transport planning, urban design, architecture, computer and geospatial science, behavioural science, statistics, epidemiology, complex systems science, and public policy the aim of the Global Healthy and Sustainable City-Indicators Collaboration was to identify and measure health-related policy and spatial indicators in cities worldwide
The Global Healthy and Sustainable City Collaboration involves over 80 collaborators from 25 cities in 19 countries. To oversee the study, an international 13-member study Executive was established, and has met monthly since 2018.
Read the study, recently published in The Lancet Global Health Urban Design, Transport and Health Series. And visit the Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities to find out more about the team, see city reports and scorecards, and about how to participate in our next phase, 🌈the 1000 Cities Challenge.
Find out how to download and use our open source GHSCI software for creating, comparing and reporting on urban indicators for healthy, equitable and sustainable cities, or contribute to its development.
Update 5 August 2023: For consistency with our Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities URL (https://healthysustainablecities.org) we are transitioning to this GitHub org from our original, https://github.com/global-healthy-liveable-cities. We plan to retain the original site, but it may be archived in the coming months as we shift focus to the new site.