The Urban Health and Wellbeing: Systems Approaches series is based on a 10year global interdisciplinary research program developed by International Council
for Science (ICSU), and sponsored by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the
United Nations University (UNU). It addresses up-to-date urban health issues from
around the world and provides an appealing integrated urban development approach
from a systems perspective. This series aims to propose a new conceptual framework
for considering the multi-factorial and cross sectorial nature of both determinants and
drivers of health and wellbeing in urban populations and takes a systems approach
for improving the understanding of the interconnected nature of health in cities. The
systems approach includes an engagement with urban communities in the process of
creating and transferring knowledge. Further, it aims at generating knowledge and
providing the evidence that is relevant to people and policy-makers for improving
integrated decision making and governance for the health and wellbeing of urban
dwellers. The methods applied, come from various epistemological domains in order
to improve understanding of how the composition and functioning of urban environments impacts physical, mental and social heath and how inequalities can be reduced
to improve the overall quality of urban life.
The systems approach is applied to science and society and defined by a deep
investigation into disciplinary knowledge domains relevant for urban health and wellbeing, as well as an inter- and transdisciplinary dialogue and shared understanding of
the issues between scientific communities, policy makers and societal stakeholders
more broadly. It involves one or more of the following elements: 1) the development
of new conceptual models that incorporate dynamic relations among variables which
define urban health and wellbeing; 2) the use of systems tools, stimulation models
and collaborative modelling methods; 3) the integration of various sources and types
of data including spatial, visual, quantitative and qualitative data.
Like the first book, the coming books will all address the topic of urban health
and wellbeing, specifically by taking a systems approach. The topics range across
all urban sectors and can, for example, cover the following areas:
(1) transportation, urban planning and housing, urban water, energy and food,
communication, resources and energy, urban food systems, public service
provision, etc.
(2) the related health disorders in physical, social and mental health
(3) the methods and models used and the type of science applied to understand the
complexity of urban health and wellbeing.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15601
for Science (ICSU), and sponsored by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the
United Nations University (UNU). It addresses up-to-date urban health issues from
around the world and provides an appealing integrated urban development approach
from a systems perspective. This series aims to propose a new conceptual framework
for considering the multi-factorial and cross sectorial nature of both determinants and
drivers of health and wellbeing in urban populations and takes a systems approach
for improving the understanding of the interconnected nature of health in cities. The
systems approach includes an engagement with urban communities in the process of
creating and transferring knowledge. Further, it aims at generating knowledge and
providing the evidence that is relevant to people and policy-makers for improving
integrated decision making and governance for the health and wellbeing of urban
dwellers. The methods applied, come from various epistemological domains in order
to improve understanding of how the composition and functioning of urban environments impacts physical, mental and social heath and how inequalities can be reduced
to improve the overall quality of urban life.
The systems approach is applied to science and society and defined by a deep
investigation into disciplinary knowledge domains relevant for urban health and wellbeing, as well as an inter- and transdisciplinary dialogue and shared understanding of
the issues between scientific communities, policy makers and societal stakeholders
more broadly. It involves one or more of the following elements: 1) the development
of new conceptual models that incorporate dynamic relations among variables which
define urban health and wellbeing; 2) the use of systems tools, stimulation models
and collaborative modelling methods; 3) the integration of various sources and types
of data including spatial, visual, quantitative and qualitative data.
Like the first book, the coming books will all address the topic of urban health
and wellbeing, specifically by taking a systems approach. The topics range across
all urban sectors and can, for example, cover the following areas:
(1) transportation, urban planning and housing, urban water, energy and food,
communication, resources and energy, urban food systems, public service
provision, etc.
(2) the related health disorders in physical, social and mental health
(3) the methods and models used and the type of science applied to understand the
complexity of urban health and wellbeing.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15601