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Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change? NPR.
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Air Pollution Built Environment and Urbanization
The impact of green spaces, urban settings, seasonal changes, and pollutants on dissemination of antimicrobial genes in air. Nature Scientific Reports.
UHIs may be a reservoir of ARGs in urban air, hence, planting non-allergenic trees and bushes or hedgerows could be an effective way to decrease the dissemination of aerosolised ARGs.
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Biodiversity Loss Built Environment and Urbanization
Healthier cities are key to a healthier planet and healthier people. Business of Health.
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Climate Change Built Environment and Urbanization
Quantifying intra-urban socio-economic and environmental vulnerability to extreme heat events in Johannesburg, South Africa. International Journal of Biometeorology.
This study quantifies heat vulnerability across Johannesburg using environmental, socio-economic, and health data. Findings highlight the need for targeted interventions, including improved healthcare access and green infrastructure in the city’s most high-risk communities.
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Air Pollution Land Use and Land Cover Change
Assessing air pollutant removal and carbon sequestration across urban forest stands and individual species in a medium-sized southern Italian city. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
Urban areas are characterized by elevated levels of air pollution and carbon emissions resulting from human activities. Given the potential of urban forests to mitigate both air pollution and carbon emissions, this study focused on quantifying these ecosystem services in Monte Sant’Antonio’s urban forest, located in Campobasso, Italy.
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Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: Report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health. The Lancet.
