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What is a liveable and healthy city? | With Melanie Davern, Belen Zapata-Diomedi
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What is a liveable and healthy city? To answer that question, the EIT Urban Mobility WebTV went to Melbourne (Australia) to discover two great initiatives aiming at improving the quality of life of the city dwellers. This video has been produced in collaboration with RMIT University, with the expertise of Dr Melanie Davern – Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University and Director of the Australian Urban Observatory – and Dr Belen Zapata-Diomedi – Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow of RMIT University.
#WebTV #Wellbeing #SustainableMobility
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What is EIT Urban Mobility? A European initiative to create liveable urban spaces! EIT Urban Mobility, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), acts to accelerate positive change on mobility to make urban spaces more liveable. Learn more about EIT Urban Mobility: https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/ -
How can cities tackle urban heat islands? | With Joan Ballester
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The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon is affecting millions of people worldwide. It is an environmental problem occurring in metropolitan areas in which the air temperature is significantly higher than in suburban areas. In this video, Joan Ballester – Associate Research Professor for ISGlobal – explains what are its effects on health and which solutions have been identified to reduce extreme heat in city neighborhoods.
#WebTV #UrbanHeatIsland #ClimateChange
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What is EIT Urban Mobility? A European initiative to create liveable urban spaces! EIT Urban Mobility, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), acts to accelerate positive change on mobility to make urban spaces more liveable. Learn more about EIT Urban Mobility: https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/ -
How can green spaces create healthier cities & improve mental health? | With Mark Nieuwenhuijsen
Find our free various Urban Mobility online courses here: https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/competence-hub/e-learning-courses-competence-hub/
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Director of the Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative at ISGlobal, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen is a world leading expert in environmental exposure assessment, epidemiology, and health risk/impact assessment with a strong focus on healthy urban living. In this video, he explains how the lack of green spaces in city neighborhoods can affect mental and physical health, and how we can ensure that green spaces of quality are available and easily accessible to everyone.
#WebTV #GreenSpaces #MentalHealth
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What is EIT Urban Mobility? A European initiative to create liveable urban spaces! EIT Urban Mobility, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), acts to accelerate positive change on mobility to make urban spaces more liveable. Learn more about EIT Urban Mobility: https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/
