New index ranks 917 European cities on urban design for health and well-being

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The HUDI Healthy Urban Design Index is the result of scientific work published in The Lancet Planetary Health. Data from all cities are publicly available at https://isglobalranking.org/hudi/ . To facilitate comparison of cities, they have been grouped into five categories according to their number of inhabitants: large metropolitan cities, metropolitan cities, medium and small cities, and small towns. The 13 indicators evaluated include urban c…

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The Healthy Urban Design Index (IDUS) designed by the Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona (ISGlobal) is presented as a new tool for comparing cities. It has evaluated 917 European cities based on 13 indicators related to people's health and well-being and divided into four areas: urban design, sustainable transport, environmental quality and accessibility to green spaces. The 13 indicators studied include urban compactness, housing density, i…

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Cities influence the health and well-being of their inhabitants through their design. For example, many green areas, high air quality and good infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists are supporting factors. The "Healthy Urban Design Index" (HUDI) now shows how different European cities perform in this respect. Pamplona achieves the highest levels in Spain and Geneva in [...] Die Beitrag New index evaluates cities according to health factors …

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There is a gap between Western and Eastern Europe, as the lowest scores are concentrated in cities in Romania, Bulgaria and Poland and in...