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Odense, Denmark—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally

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posted on 2022-05-06, 13:11 authored by Carl HiggsCarl Higgs, Melanie Lowe, Deepti AdlakhaDeepti Adlakha, Jonathan ArundelJonathan Arundel, Geoff BoeingGeoff Boeing, Ester CerinEster Cerin, Erica HincksonErica Hinckson, Shiqin LiuShiqin Liu, Anne Vernez MoudonAnne Vernez Moudon, James F Sallis, Deborah Salvo, Billie Giles-CortiBillie Giles-Corti
<p>This brief report outlines how Odense performs on a selection of spatial and policy indicators of healthy and sustainable cities. Our collaborative study examined the</p> <p>spatial distribution of urban design and transport features and the presence and quality of city planning policies that promote health and sustainability for 25 cities across 19 countries. </p> <p>Full report including data, methods and study limitations has been published as: The <em>Lancet Global Health</em> Series on urban design, transport, and health. 2022. <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/series/urban-design-2022" target="_blank">https://www.thelancet.com/series/urban-design-2022</a> </p> <p>Reports and scorecards summarising spatial and policy indicators of healthy and sustainable urban design and planning with comparisons for all 25 cities included in the study are available from the Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities, <a href="https://www.healthysustainablecities.org/" target="_blank">https://www.healthysustainablecities.org/</a> .</p> <h4><strong>Study executive</strong></h4> <p>Deepti Adlakha, Jonathan Arundel, Geoff Boeing, Ester Cerin, Billie Giles-Corti, Carl Higgs, Erica Hinckson, Shiqin Liu, Melanie Lowe,Anne Vernez Moudon, Jim Sallis & Deborah Salvo</p> <h4><strong>Editors</strong></h4> <p>Carl Higgs, Melanie Lowe & Billie Giles-Corti</p> <h4><strong>Local collaborators  (Odense)</strong></h4> <p>Lars Breum Christiansen, Merete Hvid Dalnæs, Jasper Schipperijn & Jens Troelsen</p> <h4><strong>Suggested citation</strong></h4> <p>Global Healthy & Sustainable City-Indicators Collaboration. 2022. Odense, Denmark—Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally (English). https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.19586767</p> <p>Global Healthy & Sustainable City-Indicators Collaboration. 2022. Odense, Danmark — Rapport om by indkatorer for sundhed og bæredygtighed: Internationalt sammenlignet med 25 byer (Odense, Denmark — Healthy and Sustainable City Indicators Report: Comparisons with 25 cities internationally. Dansk Oversættelse: Jens Troelsen, Jasper Schipperijn). https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.19586767</p>

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What cost-effective built environment interventions would create healthy, liveable and equitable communities in Australia?

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Renewal of the Partnership Centre: Systems Perspectives on Preventing Lifestyle-Related Chronic Health Problems

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The Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

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Health Promotion and Disease Prevent Research Center

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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CH reports grant support (numbers 1061404 and 9100003) from NHMRC. BG-C reports Senior Principal Research Fellowship (GNT1107672) and grant support (numbers 1061404 and 9100003) from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) during the conduct of the study. GB reports grants from The Public Good Projects during the conduct of the study. SL reports an experiential fellowship from the College of Social Science and Humanities, Northeastern University during the conduct of this study. JFS reports personal fees from SPARK programmes of Gopher Sport, and serving on the Board of Directors for Rails to Trails Conservancy, outside the submitted work. JFS also has a copyright on SPARK physical activity programmes with royalties paid by Gopher Sport. EC and JFS report support from the Australian Catholic University during the conduct of this study. DS reports support from Washington University in St Louis, Center for Diabetes Translation Research (number P30DK092950 from the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [NIDDK] and the US National Institutes of Health [NIH]) and from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cooperative agreement number U48DP006395) during the conduct of this study. The content of this article is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of any of the NIDDK, NIH, CDC, or of any of the funding agencies supporting this work.

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