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Xiamen Call for Action: Building the Brain of the City—Universal Principles of Urban Health

Authors: Charles Ebikeme, Franz Gatzweiler, Tolullah Oni, Jieling Liu, Andrea Oyuela, José Siri

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 4/2019

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The question of how to achieve healthy, sustainable urban futures demands a singular emphasis. The scale and rate of change of modern urbanisation is unprecedented—so much so that it threatens the health gains of the past century. Urbanisation is the greatest ecological shift in human history, and in modern times has attained dimensions never seen before. We have mere decades to enact the greatest transformational change the planet has ever seen, if we are to safeguard a sustainable future. Indeed, the scope, scale, and ambition of transformative efforts need to accelerate dramatically, if humanity is to achieve sustainability before being overwhelmed by global change. …

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Title: Xiamen Call for Action: Building the Brain of the City—Universal Principles of Urban Health
Authors: Charles Ebikeme
Franz Gatzweiler
Tolullah Oni
Jieling Liu
Andrea Oyuela
José Siri
Publication date: 01-08-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Urban Health / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-018-00342-0

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