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Frontiers of Urban and Rural Planning - Special Issue on Creating Healthy Urban Spaces at the Nexus of Urban and Health Sciences

In the evolving realm of global urban development, the interaction of urban planning and health sciences emerges as a critical frontier for both research and policy-making. The resurgence of the "Healthy Cities" concept following the pandemic marks a pivotal shift towards incorporating population and planetary health into the urban planning process. This special issue, entitled "Creating Healthy Urban Spaces at the Nexus of Urban and Health Sciences" aims to advance this vision by offering a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and innovation. Cities pose unique challenges and opportunities for promoting public health, requiring innovative strategies to weave health considerations into the fabric of urban planning and management practices. With a focus on creating inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable urban environments, this collection aims to highlight the integral role of health in urban planning and the transformative potential of integrated approaches. Through a series of insightful commentary articles and case studies, contributors will dissect the complex interplay among urban spaces, urban living, and public health, offering evidence-based strategies and policy recommendations.

This special issue will explore how urban environments come into play in shaping people’s health, as well as how urban design and policies can be leveraged to craft health-promoting environments. Topics will range from the examination of the relationships between urban spaces and population health to the evaluation of health impacts in urban planning, providing a comprehensive overview of the current landscape and cutting-edge frontiers in creating healthy urban spaces.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to: 

  • Reviews for healthy urban spaces: theory, policy & technology
  • Climate change, environmental risks, and urban health
  • Impact of urban spaces on physical, mental, and social health
  • Urban spaces, mobility, and health equity
  • Health-promoting interventions/policy-making from the spatial lens
  • Planning and design practice for healthy urban spaces

Submission Instructions

The journal’s submission platform Editorial Manager® is now available for receiving submissions to this Special Issue. Please refer to the Submission guidelines (https://link.springer.com/journal/44243/submission-guidelines) to prepare your manuscript. When submitting a manuscript via Editorial Manager, under the Additional Information tab, "Are you submitting this manuscript to a Thematic Series?" Answer "Yes" and select the Thematic Series " Creating Healthy Urban Spaces at the Nexus of Urban and Health Sciences ".

To ensure your article is reviewed and published within 2024, we kindly request that you complete your submission online by September 30, 2024, through the following link: https://www.editorialmanager.com/furp/default.aspx. However, if you need more time, we also welcome your submissions until March 31, 2025, and may consider them for inclusion in our future issues.

We sincerely invite you to submit your original work to this special issue and are looking forward to sharing your outstanding research outcomes with the peers around the world.

Important Dates: 
Submission opens: April 24, 2024
Full paper submission deadline:  March 31, 2025
Manuscript Submission Information: https://www.editorialmanager.com/furp/default.aspx (this opens in a new tab)

Guest Editors

Lan Wang
Affiliation: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China
Email: wanglan@tongji.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab)

Jie Yin
Affiliation: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China
Email: jieyin@tongji.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab)

Bochu Liu
Affiliation: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China
Email: liubochu@tongji.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab)

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