Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Health and population; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Using open data and open-source software to develop spatial indicators of urban design and transport features for achieving healthy and sustainable cities

The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, June 2022

This Series paper supports SDG 3 and 11 by calculating spatial indicators of urban design and transport features that support health and sustainability for 25 diverse cities in 19 countries.

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production; Open Access, Global

Physiological effects of capture and short-term captivity in an invasive snake species, the Burmese python (Python bivittatus) in Florida

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Volume 267, May 2022

This article advances SDG # 15 and SDG # 11 by looking at the impact captivity has on wild animals and help identify which species may be able to successfully transition to a captive environment.

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Science, Global

World Environment Day 2022

Elsevier

World Environment Day is the most renowned day for environmental action.

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Special collections

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Chemicals and waste; Health and population; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Water and sanitation, Global

Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology (Third Edition): Chapter 42 - Traffic-related air pollution and the developing brain

Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology (Third Edition), 2022, Pages 833-843

This chapter focuses on the adverse effects of air pollution on the developing brain and discusses the evidence from human and animal studies suggesting that exposure to elevated air pollution during pre- and early postnatal development is associated with a number of behavioral and biochemical adverse effects.

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Health and population; Traffic Congestion, Global

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Second Edition - Moving Towards Water Sensitive Cities: A Planning Framework, Underlying Principles, and Technologies—Case Study Kunshan Sponge City

Junyu Zhang, Dafang Fu, Chris Zevenbergen, Moving Towards Water Sensitive Cities: A Planning Framework, Underlying Principles, and Technologies—Case Study Kunshan Sponge City, Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2022, Pages 399-416, ISBN 9780128220412

This chapter advances SDG 6, 11 and 12 by highlighting the typical water-related features of an urbanizing polder, and its transformation into a water sensitive or “Sponge City”. Recent experiences in Kunshan city, China, are used as an example.

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Reports

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Water and sanitation, Asia

Encyclopedia of Inalnd Waters, Second Edition -

Julia Derx, Rita Linke, Domenico Savio, Monica Emelko, Philip Schmidt, Jack Schijven, Liping Pang, Regina Sommer, Margaret Stevenson, Harold van den Berg, Saskia Rutjes, Andreas H. Farnleitner, Alfred Paul Blaschke, From Groundwater to Drinking Water – Current Approaches for Microbial Monitoring and Risk Assessment in Porous Aquifers, Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2022, Pages 580-594, ISBN 9780128220412

This chapter supports SDG 6 by summarizing the current approaches for evaluating pathogen fate and transport in the environment, their removal during subsurface transport in porous aquifers and the needed infection protection to achieve safe drinking water.

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Health and population; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition) - Societal Implications of Kenya's Inland and Marine Waters

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Second Edition, 2022, pp 450-463

This chapter aligns with Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities and 6: Clean Water and Sanitation by reviewing Kenya's inland, coastal and marine resources, their associated stressors and key recommendations to promote societal benefits and enhance sustainable management of these aquatic resources.

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Water and sanitation, Africa

Air pollution and risk of chronic obstructed pulmonary disease: The modifying effect of genetic susceptibility and lifestyle

Elsevier, eBioMedicine, Volume 79, May 2022

Background: The effect of long-term exposure to air pollution on the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is still controversial, and the role of the interactions of air polluti

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Health and wellbeing, Europe

Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and Design- Chapter 7: Deep learning in urban analysis for health

Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and Design, Technologies, Implementation, and Impacts, 2022, Pages 121-138

This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health by providing an overview of research on the use of image data of the built environment to analyze impacts on human health and explaining the challenges that need to be addressed to realize a new data-driven era of urban analysis and planning.

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