Sustainable cities and human settlements

Patient experiences and health system responsiveness among internal migrants: A nationwide study in 13 Indian cities

Elsevier,

Journal of Healthcare Quality Research, Volume 34, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 167-175.
This research piece directly contributes to SDGs 3 (good health and well-being) and 10 (reduced inequalities), recognising the importance of training healthcare workers on health system responsiveness to increase the use of public healthcare facilities by India's low-income internal migrants.
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Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Poverty eradication; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Asia

International Built Environment Week

Reed Exhibitions

International Built Environment Week (IBEW), to be held from 3 to 6 September 2019, is the most comprehensive event in Asia Pacific on the built environment. IBEW 2019 will feature 4 co-located tradeshows showcasing the latest innovations and industry solutions: BEX Asia covering the integrated design and planning space, Innobuild (IB) Asia focusing on construction 4.0, Mostra-Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) Asia zooming in on energy efficient solutions and renewable energy and Smart Cities and Buildings (SCB) Asia featuring the latest advances in urban solutions and smart cities.

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Sustainable transport; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Green economy, Europe

RELX SDG Inspiration Day Delhi

RELX SDG Inspiration Day Delhi - Sustainable Cities: SDG 11, critical to the rest is taking place on 2 May, 2019 in partnership with the United Nations Global Compact India.

Aim: Inspiring collaborative, scalable action on the SDGs

Form: Engaging, interactive, collaborative sessions

Who: Approximately 50+ representatives from business, NGOs, academia, and civil society

Building on the free RELX Group SDG Resource Centre: Information, data, events and more to advance the SDGs

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Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production, Asia

An IoT service ecosystem for Smart Cities: The #SmartME project

Elsevier,

Internet of Things, Volume 5, March 2019, Pages 12-33.
This paper supports SDGs 9 and 11 (industry, innovation & infrastructure and sustainable cities & communities). To deal with the issues of urbanization such as traffic, pollution and waste, new information and communication technologies (ICT) and solutions coming from the Internet of Things (IoT), Edge, Cloud computing and Big Data are brought together to fulfill the vision of Smart Cities.
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Data & Analytics; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Technology, Global

Improving the SDG energy poverty targets: Residential cooling needs in the Global South

Elsevier,

Energy and Buildings, Volume 186, March 2019, Pages 405-415.
A total of 1.8–4.1 billion people are potentially exposed to heat stress due to lack of access to cooling energy systems. This study develops a comprehensive measure of energy access by introducing the dimension of space cooling. This research has direct implications for human health and wellbeing (SDG 3), and interacts with SDGs 7 (affordable and clean energy) and 11 (sustainable cities and communities).
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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Energy, Global

Developing a scenario calculator for smart energy communities in Norway: Identifying gaps between vision and practice

Elsevier,

Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 46, February 2019.
A tool to evaluate energy key performance indicators in a neighbourhood has been developed, linking overall climate goals to local measures. Contributing to SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) and 11 (sustainable cities and communities), this research provides decision making support in energy planning.
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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Energy; Indicators, Europe

The Lisbon ranking for smart sustainable cities in Europe

Elsevier,

Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 44, Jan 2019, Pages 475-487.
This article supports SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities).This paper ranks 28 European capital cities based on how smart and sustainable they are. The results will help cities understand where they stand and give policy makers an opportunity to identify areas for improvement while leveraging areas of strength.
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Sustainable cities and human settlements, Europe

National urban policy making and its potential for sustainable urbanism

Elsevier,

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 34, October 2018, Pages 48-53.
Furthering goal 11, this paper seeks to demonstrate that while the recentralization of urban governance has some potential to generate more sustainable human settlement patterns, it is less likely to foster sustainable and socially just transitions within cities.
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Special issues

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Health and population; Industry; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Air pollution and environmental injustice: Are the socially deprived exposed to more PM2.5 pollution in Hong Kong?

Elsevier,

Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 80, February 2018, Pages 53-6.
Furthering goals 3 and 11, this study highlights the need for Hong Kong to develop more integrated, human-centric, location- and justice-based environmental policies, and the need to adopt evidence-based policy-decision-making to properly address air pollution-induced enviornmental injustice. Nominated in January 2018 for the Elsevier Atlas Award.
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Access to justice; Atmosphere; Health and population; Poverty eradication; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Asia

14.1% Efficient Monolithically Integrated Solar Flow Battery

Elsevier,

Chem, Volume 4, Issue 11, November 2018, Pages 2644-2657.
This research presents the implementation of a flexible solar flow battery device which holds the potential to accelerate large-scale deployment of solar technologies, providing off-grid electrification to remote locations, developing SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) and SDG 1 (no poverty).
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Energy; Rural development; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Technology, Global

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