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About

We are a global, multi-institutional, transdisciplinary, open science initiative providing evidence-based spatial and urban policy indicators to advocate for and track progress towards healthy and sustainable cities for all.

The Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities was initiated by the Global Healthy and Sustainable City-Indicators Collaboration to host the indicators developed for The Lancet Global Health series on Urban Design, Transport and Health. It involves a transdisciplinary and multi-organisational partnership among the People, Health and Place Unit of the Prevention Research Center, of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, USA (website sponsor); the International Society of Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH); the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA); the International Society of Urban Health (ISUH); and the Executive Committee of the Global Healthy and Sustainable City-Indicators Collaboration.

Facts about the observatory

The first iteration of the Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities:

Our goals

Generate knowledge

Provide comparable spatial and policy indicators of healthy and sustainable urban design and planning for cities across the globe.

Monitor progress

Our indicators rely on evidence-based benchmarks, and enable tracking of progress towards cities that maximize health and wellbeing, whilst contributing to climate change mitigation 

Our vision

Be a tool for urban health

Be used as a surveillance, reporting, goal setting, policy making, practical guidance and advocacy tool.

Healthy cities

Encourage the scaling up of healthy and sustainable urban design and planning efforts.

Global city comparability

Provide comparable data on 1000+ cities around the world.

Generate new indicators

Grow to include additional city planning indicators and data.

Goal of the Observatory

The goal of the Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities is to provide comparable spatial and policy indicators of healthy and sustainable urban design and planning for cities across the globe.

The indicators used in our observatory rely on evidence-based benchmarks, and will allow tracking progress for attaining cities that, by design, maximize people’s health and wellbeing, whilst contributing to climate change mitigation.

Be used as a surveillance, reporting, goal setting, policy making, practical guidance and advocacy tool

Encourage the scaling up of healthy and sustainable urban design and planning efforts.

Provide data comparability across multiple cities of the world.

Grow to include additional city planning indicators and comparable data for over 1000 global cities.

Our Guiding Principles

Our principles influence our goals and vision, guide our actions and reflect our commitment to equity, open science and capacity building for long-term sustainability and local impact

Open data and open science

Interdisciplinary Team Science

Global data for local impact

Capacity building and equitable international collaboration

Our Team

GOHSC Co-Directors

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Erica Hinckson

Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand

Melanie Lowe
Melanie Lowe

RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia

Spatial Team Leads

Geoff Boeing
Geoff Boeing

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, USA

Carl Higgs
Carl Higgs

RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia

Policy Team Leads

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Deepti Adlakha

Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands

Melanie Lowe
Melanie Lowe

RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia

Membership Lead

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Eugen Resendiz

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mexico City, México

LMIC Outreach & Capacity Building Lead

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Deepti Adlakha

Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee provides strategic oversight of the Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustaniable Cities. Led our two Co-directors, the Executive Committee includes 14 leading healthy cities and geospatial science scholars, who represent the Observatory’s discipline and geographical diversity.

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Deepti Adlakha

Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands

Jonathan Arundel
Jonathan Arundel

RMIT University Honorary
Melbourne, Australia

Geoff Boeing
Geoff Boeing

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, USA

Ester Cerin
Ester Cerin

Australian Catholic University
Melbourne, Australia

Billie Giles-Corti
Billie Giles-Corti

Founding Collaboration Leader
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia

Voukko Heikinheimo
Vuokko Heikinheimo

Finnish Environment Institute Syke
Helsinki, Finland

Carl Higgs
Carl Higgs

RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia

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Erica Hinckson

Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand

Shiqin Liu
Shiqin Liu

Northeastern University
Boston, USA

Melanie Lowe
Melanie Lowe

RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia

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Anne Vernez Moudon

University of Washington
Seattle, USA

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Eugen Resendiz

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mexico City, México

James F. Sallis
James F. Sallis

Australian Catholic University
Melbourne, Australia

Deborah Salvo
Deborah Salvo

University of Texas at Austin
Austin, USA

Jasper Schipperjin
Jasper Schipperijn

University of Southern Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark

Technical and Research Support Team

Andrés Ballén
Andres Ballen

Web and Scorecard Designer
Colombia

Ryan Turner
Ryan Turner

Research Assistant
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia

Ruoyu Chen
Ruoyu Chen

Research Assistant
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, USA

Daria Pugacheva
Daria Pugacheva

Research Assistant
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, USA

Working Groups Collaborators

  • Afshin Jafari
  • Ariane Droin
  • Cesar Hernandez Alcaraz
  • Felix John
  • Xavier Delclòs Alió
  • Javier Molina-García
  • Ana Queralt
  • Anna Puig-Ribera
  • Henrique de Mello Cabral
  • Júlio Celso Borello Vargas
  • Marc Dominguez Mallafré
  • Richard Lemoine-Rodriguez
  • Rossano Schifanella
  • Tayebeh Saghapour
  • Ana Moreno
  • Daria Pugacheva
  • Ruoyu Chen
  • Case Garza
  • Ruth Hunter
  • Joanna Valson
  • Giovani Longo Rosa
  • Pau Serra del Pozo
  • Benjamin Büttner
  • Mahtab Baghaiepoor
  • Xiaoyu Cheng
  • Ke Peng
  • Adewale Oyeyemi
  • Kimihiro Hino
  • Gonzalo Peraza

Full Research Team of the 2022 Lancet Global Health Series

Adamu Ahmad Rufai

Maiduguri, Nigeria Team Member

Adetoyeje Oyeyemi

Maiduguri, Nigeria Team Member

Adewale L. Oyeyemi

Maiduguri, Nigeria Team Member

Babatunji Amotara

Maiduguri, Nigeria Team Member

Garba Sambo

Maiduguri, Nigeria Team Member

Joseph Samali Mshelia

Maiduguri, Nigeria Team Member

Deepti Adlakha
Chennai, India Team Member

Ester Cerin
Hong Kong Team Member

Kornsupha Nitvimol

Bangkok, Thailand Team Member

Mark Stevenson

Hanoi, Vietnam Team Member

Minh Hieu Trinh

Hanoi, Vietnam Team Member

Poh-chin Lai

Hong Kong Team Member

Thanh Phuong Ho

Hanoi, Vietnam Team Member

Ana Queralt

Barcelona, Valencia and Vic, Spain Team Member

Andreia Pizarro

Lisbon, Portugal Team Member

Anna Puig-Ribera

Barcelona, Valencia and Vic, Spain Team Member

Cologne, Germany Team Member

Bernhard Inninger
University of Graz

Blaise Kropf

Bern, Switzerland Team Member

Carme Miralles

Barcelona, Valencia and Vic, Spain Team Member

Carolina Duarte
Lisbon, Portugal Team Member

Claire Cleland

Belfast, Northern Ireland Team Member

Claudia Viana

Lisbon, Portugal Team Member

David Vale

Lisbon, Portugal Team Member

Delfien Van Dyck

Ghent, Belgium Team Member

Frank Witlox

Ghent, Belgium Team Member

Guillem Vich Callejo

Barcelona, Valencia and Vic, Spain Team Member

Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

Ghent, Belgium Team Member

Jan Dygryn

Olomuc, Czechia Team Member

Jasper Schipperijn

Odense, Denmark Team Member

Javier Molina-Garcia

Barcelona, Valencia and Vic, Spain Team Member

Jens Troelsen

Odense, Denmark Team Member

Joan Carles Martori

Barcelona, Valencia and Vic, Spain Team Member

Josef Mitas

Olomuc, Czechia Team Member

Karel Fromel

Olomuc, Czechia Team Member

Klaus Gebel

Graz, Austria; Cologne, Germany, and Bern, Switzerland Team Member

Lars Breum Christiansen

Odense, Denmark Team Member

Lea Manakova
Palacky University in Olomouc

Marcel Beyeler

Bern, Switzerland Team Member

Marta Rofin

Barcelona, Valencia and Vic, Spain Team Member

Matte Dewinter

Ghent, Belgium Team Member

Michal Vorhcek

Olomuc, Czechia Team Member

Nico Van de Weghe

Ghent, Belgium Team Member

Oliver Konrad

Graz, Austria Team Member

Paula Santos

Lisbon, Portugal Team Member

Ruth Hunter

Belfast, Northern Ireland Team Member

Sara Ferguson

Belfast, Northern Ireland Team Member

Sien Benoit

Bern, Switzerland Team Member

Susana Aznar-Lain

Barcelona, Valencia and Vic, Spain Team Member

Sylvia Titze

Graz, Austria Team Member

Xavier Delclos

Olomuc, Czechia; Barcelona, Valencia and Vic, Spain Team Member

Billie Giles-Corti
Adelaid, Meblourne and Sydney, Australia Team Member

Carl Higgs
Adelaid, Meblourne and Sydney, Australia Team Member

Erica Hinckson
Auckland, New Zealand Team Member

Ester Cerin
Hong Kong Team Member

Jonathan Arundel
Adelaid, Meblourne and Sydney, Australia Team Member

Melanie Lowe
Adelaid, Meblourne and Sydney, Australia Team Member

Pinki Bhasin
Adelaid, Meblourne and Sydney, Australia Team Member

Suzanne Mavoa
Auckland, New Zealand Team Member

Tamara Bozovic
Auckland, New Zealand Team Member

Alex Florindo
Sao Paulo, Brazil Team Member

Deborah Salvo
Mexico City, Mexico Team Member

Eugen Resendiz
Mexico City, Mexico Team Member

Hannah Hook
Baltimore, Seattle and Phoenix, USA Team Member

Jacob Carson
Baltimore, Seattle and Phoenix, USA Team Member

Jennifer D. Roberts
Baltimore, Seattle and Phoenix, USA Team Member

Jim Sallis
Baltimore, Seattle and Phoenix, USA Team Member

Ligia Vizeu Barrozo
Sao Paulo, Brazil Team Member

Marc Adams
Baltimore, Seattle and Phoenix, USA Team Member

Alex Kleeman
Australia

David Flores
USA

Grant Schofield
New Zealand

Hannah Badland
Australia

Howard Frumkin
USA

Kelli Cain
USA

Larry Frank
Australia

Mark Nieuwenhuijsen
Spain

Nevile Owen
Australia

Nick Cerdera
USA

Olga Lucia Sarmiento
Colombia

Perla Mansour
Northern Ireland

Rachel Davey
Australia

Rodrigo Reis
Brazil and USA

Sarah Bekessy
Australia

Sarah Foster
Australia

Spartial Vision
Australia

Terry Conway
USA

Thiago de Sa
Geneva, Switzerland

Thu Nguyen
USA

Yuquan Zhou
USA

Partners and Sponsors

Key Global Partnerships

MemberCountry of intertestCities of interestAvailability
Mohammadsadegh Anisi
mohammad.sadegh.anisi@gmail.com
IranTEHRANYes
Xavier Delclòs Alió
xavier.delclos@urv.cat
SpainBarcelona; 10 most populous cities in Spain
Linda Karjalainen
Linda.Karjalainen@syke.fi
FinlandHelsinki (and other Finnish cities)
Yang Ye
ye.yang7@unimelb.edu.au
ChinaHarbin, Beijing, Shanghai and GuangzhouYes
Marju Prass
marju.prass@helsinki.fi
FinlandLahti
Ana Queralt 
ana.queralt@uv.es
SpainValencia; 10 most populous cities in Spain
Javier Molina-Garcia
javier.molina@uv.es
SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Málaga, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Murcia, Bilbao, Palma de Mallorca y Zaragoza.
Anna Puig-Ribera
annam.puig@uvic.cat
SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Málaga, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Murcia, Bilbao, Palma de Mallorca y Zaragoza.
Sasha Khomenko
sasha.khomenko@isglobal.org
Europe
Tamara Iungman
tamara.iungman@isglobal.org
Europe
Evelise Pereira Barboza
evelise.pereira@isglobal.org
Europe
Ana Ramos
ana.ramos@isglobal.org
Europe
Marta Cirach
marta.cirach@isglobal.org
Europe
Antonia Valentin
antonia.valentin@isglobal.org
Europe
Deanna Hoelscher
deanna.m.hoelscher@uth.tmc.edu
United StatesTexas
Hannah Bolitho
hannah.bolitho@gmail.com
AustraliaSydney, regional cities in NSW
Mohammad Hafijul Islam
hafijul.islam@care.org
BangladeshDhaka
Mohammad Gharipour
mgr@umd.edu
Ruth Hunter
ruth.hunter@qub.ac.uk
United KingdomBelfast
Nicole den Braver
n.denbraver@amsterdamumc.nl
Netherlands
Cesar Hernandez
investigador32@insp.mx
Mexico10 cities in Mexico
Alejandra Jauregui
alejandra.jauregui@insp.mx
Mexico10 cities in Mexico
Alex Florindo
aflorind@usp.br
Brazilmultiple
Esra Suel
e.suel@ucl.ac.uk
United KingdomUK cities, several
Mslilikale Mslilanga
msilikale.msilanga@utu.fi
TanzaniaTanzania cities
Marianela Castillo
marianelacastillo@uchile.cl
ChileSantiago
Kimihiro Hino
hino@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
JapanSapporo, Tsukuba, Yokohama, Toyama, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto, Kobe, Hiroshima
Zainab Ali Salem
Zalkaf@adphc.gov.ae
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
Awatif Khamis Al Hosani
awalhosani@adphc.gov.ae
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
Ayesha.A Al Hosani
Ayalhosani@adphc.gov.ae
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
Paul Dos Santos
paul@explore.ai
WorldwideJohannesburg to start, but potential for many othersYes
Clay Anderson
clayton.anderson@columbia.edu
United States and CanadaSan Antonio, Austin, and Vancouver BC
Keiko Nakamura
nakamura.ith@tmd.ac.jp
JapanTokyo
Priyanka deSouza
priyankadesouza@gmail.com
United StatesDenver
Ricky Nathvani
r.nathvani@imperial.ac.uk
United KingdomLondon
Carina Nigg
carina.nigg@partner.kit.edu; carina.nigg@unibe.ch
Switzerland and GermanyThun, Bern and KarlsruheYes
Oluwayomi Aoko
yomiaoko@gmail.com
NigeriaLagos
Aaron Hipp
jahipp@ncsu.edu
United StatesRaleigh
Leonor Vasconcelos
laavasconcelos@gmail.com
PortugalLisboa
Jack Turek
johnturek2013@gmail.com
United StatesSan Antonio
Emma Tonnerfors
emma.tonnerfors@regionstockholm.se
swedenStockholm
Ioana Vlad
i.vlad@wcrf.org
United KingdomLondon
Chalchisa Abdeta
chali4pa@gmail.com
EthiopiaAdama
Anne Vuillemin
anne.vuillemin@univ-cotedazur.fr
FranceNice
Razieh Zandieh
razieh.zandieh@manchester.ac.uk
United KingdomManchester
Tracy Nau
tracy.nau@sydney.edu.au
AustraliaSydney
Marcelo Failla
marcelofailla@prefeitura.sp.gov.br
BrazilSão Paulo
Giovanna Fancello
giovanna.fancello@iplesp.upmc.fr
FranceParis
Samantha Law
sam.law@live.com.au
Kyrgyz RepublicBishkek
Maryanne Tam-Po Fong
mainly.fong388@gmail.com
CanadaRichmond Hill
Hao Wu
wuhao278@126.com
ChinaShanghai
Simone Tcherniakovsky
siwt@novonordisk.com
BrazilSão Paulo
Elisabete Agrela Andrade
elisabeteagrela1@gmail.com
BrazilSão Paulo
Alexandros Bartzokas-Tsiompras
abartzok@mail.ntua.gr
greeceAthens
Gururaj Gopal
epiguru1@gmail.com
IndiaBangalore
Bronwyn BIgnoux
bronwyn.bignoux@townsville.qld.gov.au
AustraliaTownsville
Keunhyun Park
keun.park@ubc.ca
CanadaVancouver
Priska Marianne
priska.marianne@columbia.edu
United StatesNew York
Juan del Valle
juanmdelvalle@gmail.com
ArgentinaBariloche
Louise Wicks
louise.wicks@oxfordshire.gov.uk
United KingdomOxford
Henry Vilatuna
henry.vilatuna@quito.gob.ec
EcuadorQuito
Samraj Sahay
samraj.sahay@gmail.com
IndiaDelhi
Mariana Peregrina
marianapesp@gmail.com
MexicoGuadalajara
Nadine Samaha
nadine@level-ak.com
AustraliaMALVERN
Angela Hoffman
a.c.hoffman@wustl.edu
United StatesSt. Louis
Babatunji Amotara
atunjeba@yahoo.com
NigeriaMaiduguri
Joseph Samali Mshelia
samalijoseph@gmail.com
NigeriaMaiduguri
Adewale L. Oyeyemi
alaoyeyemi@yahoo.com
NigeriaMaiduguri
Adetoyeje Oyeyemi
adeoyeyemi@aol.com
NigeriaMaiduguri
Adamu Ahmad Rufai
adamuarufai@gmail.com
NigeriaMaiduguri
Garba Sambo
ghsambo@gmail.com
NigeriaMaiduguri
Marc Adams
marc.adams@asu.edu
United StatesBaltimore, Seattle, Phoenix
Jacob Carson
jacob_carson03@yahoo.com
United StatesBaltimore, Seattle, Phoenix
Hannah Hook
hhook1@asu.edu
United StatesBaltimore, Seattle, Phoenix
Jennifer D. Roberts
jenrob@umd.edu
United StatesBaltimore, Seattle, Phoenix
Ligia Vizeu Barrozo
lija@usp.br
BrazilSão Paulo
Poh-chin Lai
pclai@hku.hk
Hong KongHong Kong
Kornsupha Nitvimol
kkornkanit@gmail.com
ThailandBangkok
Minh Hieu Trinh
mh.trinhmpi@gmail.com
VietnamHanoi
Thanh Phuong Ho
thanh.ho@unimelb.edu.au
VietnamHanoi
Mark Stevenson
mark.stevenson@unimelb.edu.au
VietnamHanoi
Pinki Bhasin
pinkibhasin1901@gmail.com
AustraliaAdelaide, Melbourne, Sydney
Tamara Bozovic
tamara.bozovic@uwe.ac.uk
New ZealandAuckland
Suzanne Mavoa
suzanne.mavoa@gmail.com
New ZealandAuckland
Klaus Gebel
klaus.gebel@uts.edu.au
Austria, Germany, SwitzerlandGraz, Cologne, Bern
Bernhard Inninger
bernhard.inninger@stadt.graz.at
AustriaGraz
Oliver Konrad
oliver.konrad@stadt.graz.at
AustriaGraz
Sylvia Titze
sylvia.titze@uni-graz.at
AustriaGraz
Anne Luise Mueller
mueller@b-plan-b.de
GermanyCologne
Marcel Beyeler
marcel.beyeler@bern.ch
SwitzerlandBern
Blaise Kropf
Blaise.Kropf@BERN.CH
SwitzerlandBern
Sien Benoit
Sien.Benoit@UGent.be
BelgiumGhent
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
ilse.debourdeaudhuij@ugent.be
BelgiumGhent
Maite Dewinter
maite.dewinter@ugent.be
BelgiumGhent
Delfien Van Dyck
delfien.vandyck@ugent.be
BelgiumGhent
Nico Van de Weghe
Nico.VandeWeghe@UGent.be
BelgiumGhent
Frank Witlox
frank.witlox@ugent.be
BelgiumGhent
Jan Dygryn
jan.dygryn@upol.cz
CzechiaOlomouc
Karel Fromel
karel.fromel@upol.cz
CzechiaOlomouc
Lea Manakova
Lea.Manakova@olomouc.eu
CzechiaOlomouc
Josef Mitas
josef.mitas@upol.cz
CzechiaOlomouc
Michal Vorlicek
michal.vorlicek@upol.cz
CzechiaOlomouc
Lars Breum Christiansen
lbchristiansen@health.sdu.dk
DenmarkOdense
Jasper Schipperijn
jschipperijn@health.sdu.dk
DenmarkOdense
Jens Troelsen
Jtroelsen@health.sdu.dk
DenmarkOdense
Claire Cleland
c.cleland@qub.ac.uk
Northern IrelandBelfast
Sara Ferguson
sara.ferguson@qub.ac.uk
Northern IrelandBelfast
Carolina Duarte
carolinadgr@gmail.com
PortugalLisbon
Andreia Pizarro
anpizarro@fade.up.pt
PortugalLisbon
Paula Santos
msantos@fade.up.pt
PortugalLisbon
David Vale
david.vale@campus.ul.pt
PortugalLisbon
Claudia Viana
claudiaviana@campus.ul.pt
PortugalLisbon
Susana Aznar-Lain
Susana.Aznar@uclm.es
SpainBarcelona, Valencia, Vic
Guillem Vich Callejo
guillem.vich@uab.cat
SpainBarcelona, Valencia, Vic
Joan Carles Martori
martori@uvic.cat
SpainBarcelona, Valencia, Vic
Carme Miralles
carme.miralles@uab.cat
SpainBarcelona, Valencia, Vic
Marta Rofin
rofinsm@vic.cat
SpainBarcelona, Valencia, Vic
Hannah Badland
hannah.badland@rmit.edu.au
Australia
Sarah Bekessy
sarah.bekessy@rmit.edu.au
Australia
Kelli Cain
kcain@health.ucsd.edu
Nick Cerdera
cerdera@usc.edu
Terry Conway
tlconway@health.ucsd.edu
Rachel Davey
rachel.davey@canberra.edu.au
Olga Lucia Sarmiento Dueñas
osarmien@uniandes.edu.co
ColombiaYes
Sarah Foster
sarah.foster@rmit.edu.au
Larry Frank
lawrence.frank@ubc.ca
Andy Haines
Alex Kleeman
alexandra.kleeman@rmit.edu.au
Perla Mansour
pmansour01@qub.ac.uk
David Flores Moctezuma
rosasflo@usc.edu
Thu Nguyen
thuanguy@usc.edu
Mark Nieuwenhuijsen
mark.nieuwenhuijsen@isglobal.org
Neville Owen
Neville.Owen@baker.edu.au
Rodrigo Reis
reis.rodrigo@wustl.edu
BrazilCuritiba (Paraná/Brazil), Florianópolis (Santa Catarina/Brazil) and Londrina (Paraná/Brazil)Yes
Thiago de Sa
herickdesat@who.int
Grant Schofield
grant.schofield@aut.ac.nz
Gavin turrell
gavin.turrell@rmit.edu.au
Spatial Vision
Yuquan Zhou
yuquanzh@usc.edu
Nishita Dsouza
dsouza.nishi@gmail.com
BrazilCuritiba
Luis Gabriel Cuervo
LuisGabriel.Cuervo@autonoma.cat
Samar ElFeky
elfekys@who.int
EgyptCairo
Yuko Oguma
yoguma@keio.jp
JapanYokohamaYes
Liri Findling
lirifindling@gmail.com
Israel
Olufunmilola Leah Dominic
NigeriaIlorin, Kwara State
Sandra Mandix
agile.research.nz@gmail.com
Chuck Gillespie
chuck@nationalwellness.org
Diana Reklaitiene
diana.reklaitiene@lsu.lt
Amy Weinmann
amy.weimann@uct.ac.za
South AfricaCape Town
Waleska Caiaffa
wcaiaffa@yahoo.com.br
Matilda King
matildaking54@yahoo.com
Yes
Sharon Roerty
sroerty@rwjf.org
Ari Fernando Valerdi Moroni
laboratorioespaciopublicomx@gmail.com
MexicoMexican CitiesYes
Ying Caden Lam
Cadenlam.168@gmail.com
Hong KongHong KongYes
Rawan Alsaadi
Rawanals1245@gmail.com
Saudi ArabiaJeddahYes
Anchal Jhunjhunwala
Jhunjhunwalaincubate@gmail.com
IndiaNoida Kanpur Lucknow Unnao Allahabad VaransiYes
Mari Elka Pangestu
plamptey@worldbank.org
Craig Hammer
chammer@worldbank.org
Amandeep Singh Gill
Tariq Khokhar
Anja Gengo
anja.gengo@un.org
Daniel Akinmade Emejulu
daniel.emejulu@microsoft.com
John Frank
jfrank@microsoft.com
Lani Cossette
lanic@microsoft.com
Jean-Yves Ar
jeanart@microsoft.com
Raul Gierbolini-Rivera
g.raul@wustl.edu
Puerto RicoMetropolitan Area of Puerto RicoYes
Ke Peng
kpeng6@hnu.edu.cn
ChinaChangshaYes
Tamitza Toroyan
toroyant@who.int
Nathalie Laure Roebbel
roebbeln@who.int
Jose Siri
sirij@who.int
Fiona Bull
bullf@who.int
Alexa Sapin
sapina@who.int
Delphine Barre
barred@who.int
Rachel Huxley
rhuxley@c40.org
Mariana Nicolletti
mnicolletti@c40.org
Markus Berensson
mberensson@c40.org
Kaue Braga
kbraga@c40.org
Camille Tallon
ctallon@c40.org
Hélène Chartier
hchartier@c40.org
Vítor Pereira Barboza
vitor.pereira@inetum.com
Bry Lionel
lionel.bry@inetum.com
Catherine Gall
catherine.gall@chaire-eti.org
Ilian Masson
ilian.masson@chaire-eti.org
Thomas Hilberg Rahbek
txra@novonordisk.com
Ana Luiza Favarao Leao
analuiza@wustl.edu
Marc Dominguez Mallafré
marc.dominguez@fundacio.urv.cat
SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Málaga, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Murcia, Bilbao, Palma de Mallorca y Zaragoza.
Wajida  Perveen 
wajopri@gmail.com
PakistanLahoreYes
Areli Carreon
areli.carreon@gmail.com
Mexico
Hossein Tabatabaei Jafari
hossein.tabatabaeijafari@canberra.edu.au
Maybe
Sara Alidoust
s.alidoust@uq.edu.au
AustraliaBrisbaneYes
Laura Patricia  Arellano Gómez 
larellano@iteso.mx
MexicoZapopan, Guadalajara, TlaquepaqueYes
Sophie Glover
Sglover08@qub.ac.uk
Northern IrelandBelfast and any surroundingYes
Sara Newmans
saranewman55@gmail.com
United StatesArlington, VirginiaYes
Maria Wilches-Mogollon
ma.wilches529@uniandes.edu.co
ColombiaBogotá ; BarranquillaYes
Tracy Kolbe-Alexander
tracy.kolbe-alexander@usq.edu.au
Australia, South Africa, (and about to start Botswana)Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Springfield, Cape Town, GaboroneYes
Jim Walker
jim.walker@walk21.com
Yes
Antoni  Colom
antonicolom@gmail.com
SpainMalaga and Palma de MallorcaYes
Jeroen  Lakerveld 
j.lakerveld@amsterdamumc.nl
NetherlandsAll Dutch cities, potentiallyYes
Karen Lee
connection@solidaria.com.au
AustraliaPerthYes
Hüseyin Küçükali
h.kucukali@qub.ac.uk
TurkeyIstambulYes
Luca Liebscht
lucaliebscht96@gmail.com
SpainCardedeu/SabadellMaybe
Husnul Fitri
Hufi50@gmail.com
IndonesiaJakartaMaybe
Nicolas Aguilar-Farias
nicolas.aguilar@ufrontera.cl
ChileTemucoYes
Dominic Behde
dominic.behde@gmail.com
GermanyYes
Mateus  Schulze
mateus.schulze@gmail.com; mateus.schulze@uniplaclages.edu.br
BrazilLages" and cities in the state state of "Santa Catarina", BrazilYes
Tito Pizarro 
tito.pizarro@usach.cl 
ChileYes
Mónica Suárez
monica.suarez@usach.cl
ChileYes
Manoj Chandrabose
mchandrabose@swin.edu.au
AustraliaSri Lankan CitiesYes
Julio Vargas
jcelsovargas@gmail.com
BrazilPorto Alegre, Pelotas, Caxias do Sul, BrasiliaYes
Veronica Villadiego
lveronica@uninorte.Edu.co
ColombiaBarranquillaYes
Abhinav Kapoor
kapoorab@msu.edu
United StatesFaridabadYes
Alfred Wagtendonk
a.wagtendonk@amsterdamumc.nl
NetherlandsMultiple cities - to be decidedYes
Lin Lin
Lin.Lin@xjtlu.edu.cn
ChinaSuzhou, Shanghai and QingdaoYes
Sonja Kahlmeier
sonja.kahlmeier@ffhs.ch
SwitzerlandMaybe
Josh Hopkins
josh@opencorridor.org
AustraliaYes
Lic Luci
lisluci@gmail.com
KosovoPrishtinaYes
Emilie Couwenberg
emilie.couwenberg@antwerpen.be
BelgiumAntwerpMaybe
Idris Isah Iliyasu
urbanist2005@gmail.com
NigeriaZariaYes
Tayebeh Saghapour
tayebeh.saghapour@rmit.edu.au
AustraliaMelbourneYes
Ricardo Martinez Moreno
ricardomartm@gmail.com
MexicoMexico CityYes
bonny mcclain
bonny@dataanddonuts.org
United StatesDC
Chanam Lee
chanam@tamu.edu
United StatesCollege Station
Nathan Kelly
nathan.kelly@dsdilgp.qld.gov.au
AustraliaBrisbane
Gweneth Leigh
Gweneth.leigh@canberra.edu.au
AustraliaCanberra
Vincent Learnihan
vincent.learnihan@canberra.edu.au
AustraliaCanberra
Courtney Shaw
courtneyshaw94@gmail.com
United StatesSt. Louis
Alexandra Van Den Berg
alexandra.e.vandenberg@uth.tmc.edu
United StatesAustin
Julissa Ortiz Brunel
ortizbruneljulissa@gmail.com
MexicoJalisco
Firas Mohamed
fmohamed@swin.edu.au
AustraliaHawthorn
Daniel Sauter
daniel.sauter@urban-mobility.ch
SwitzerlandZurich
Antoine Noel Racine
antoine.anr@gmail.com
FranceNice
Inon Schenker
inon.impact.health@gmail.com
IsraelJerusalem
Freyja Perez Keller
hola@snailstep.com
SpainZaragoza
Anna Fijalkowska
anna.fijalkowska@pw.edu.pl
PolandWarsaw
Juan Manuel Nuñez
juan.nunez@ibero.mx
MexicoMexico CityYes
Pawinee Iamtrakul
pawinee@ap.tu.ac.th
ThailandBangkokYes
Mohsen Mohammadi
mohammadi.m1148@gmail.com
Iran
Karem Montes de Oca
karem.mdo13@gmail.com
MexicoQueretaro
Michael  Yates
michael.yates@norwichbid.co.uk
United KingdomNorwichYes
Rami  Hussien 
Toby.Hussien@gmail.com
United StatesNashville, TennesseeYes
Yang Ju
yangju90@nju.edu.cn
ChinaNanjing or Cities in the Yangtze River Delta region (Provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and city of Shanghai)Yes
Carlos Pereira
carlosmpereira@hotmail.com
PortugalCascaisYes
Inês  Costa
Inocascosta@gmail.com
PortugalOeiraaYes
Beatriz Reis
sierzirtaeb@gmail.com
PortugalLisboaYes
Richard Marine
dr.richardmarine@numedrd.com
Dominican RepublicSanto DomingoYes
Tara Jamali
Tarajml2030@gmail.com
AustraliaMelbourneYes
Nicolás Guerrero Ayala
n.guerreroa@uniandes.edu.co
ColombiaBogotá ; Barranquilla
Sofia Margarita Mojica Baquero
sofiamojicabaquero@gmail.com
SpainGranollersYes
Lei Zhu
lei.zhu@sydney.edu.au
ChinaHarbinYes
Jo McClellan
Jo@twothings.au
AustraliaSydneyYes
Jorge Quijano
zoserarq@gmail.com
MexicoCampecheYes
Carlos Mendieta
direccion@fundaciontlaloc.org
MexicoTolucaYes
Jean Bikomeye
jbikomeye@mcw.edu
United StatesMilwaukee, WIYes
Jean Bikomeye
RwandaKigaliYes
Changlong Ling
clling@uw.edu
ChinaShenzhen
Noah Djoble
ZNOP@gmail.com
United StatesJacksonville and San FranciscoMaybe
Sophie Duran
Se.duran@rotterdam.nl
NetherlandsRotterdamNo
Yinxu LIANG
liangyinxuuu@whu.edu.cn
ChinaWuzhouMaybe
Cindy Mense
cindy@trailnet.org
United StatesSt. LouisYes
Abishak Mallawa
we@made.paris
FranceParisYes
Karine Paiement
Karine.paiement.1@umontreal.ca
CanadaMontrealMaybe
Porntep Sukhonwimolmal
kieng.ee.kku@gmail.com
GermanyLeipzigMaybe
Nuhcan akçit
nuhcan@gmail.com
TurkeyAnkaraYes
Nuhcan akçit
nuhcan@gmail.com
CyprusKyrenia
Sol Sanguinetti
ssanguinetti@pucp.edu.pe
PeruLimaYes
Parveen Kumar
Parveen.kumar@wur.nl
NetherlandsYes
Majd Al Jurdi
majd.h.jurdi@gmail.com
FranceLilleYes
James Green
james.green@ul.ie
IrelandLimerickYes
Gina Cavan
g.cavan@mmu.ac.uk
United KingdomManchester / Greater ManchesterYes
Clara García-Mayor
magarma@ua.es
SpainAlicante-ValenciaYes
David Israel Bustos Bernal
david.bustos@academicos.udg.mx
MexicoPuerto VallartaYes
Hande Haksevenler
hande.haksevenler@gmail.com
TurkeyIstambulYes
Sina Ataee
Sinaataee@ua.pt
IranMashhad, Rezvanshahr, Kiashahr, QeshmYes
Egor Kotov
kotov@demogr.mpg.de
GermanyRostock, Berlin, HamburgYes
Egor Kotov
kotov@demogr.mpg.de
SpainBarcelona
Noah Djoble
Olivia.djoble@icloud.com
United StatesSan franciscoMaybe
Anna Kajosaari
anna.kajosaari@oeaw.ac.at
AustriaViennaYes
Moy Li
limengying087@gmail.com
ChinaWuhanYes

10

Plan periodic reassessments to monitor progress

Your team can continue to work together to advocate for progress and serve as a resource for city leaders.

Repeating the calculation of indicators every few years provides occasions to celebrate progress, identify continuing, and update goals.

9

Present results to city leaders & build consensus for an improvement plan

You are now ready to organize one or more meetings or events to present results to city leaders and encourage their use in setting goals to improve policies and environments in your cities.

It is useful to have people from multiple sectors involved in the presentations.There are recordings of local events in which indicators are presented to city leaders on the website.

8

Submit your data, Scorecard, and Report for inclusion on the Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities website

Send your city’s finalised Scorecard and/or Report to info@healthysustainablecities.org, for upload to the Global Observatorywebsite.

Your city will officially be included in the 1000 Cities Challenge, and city teams will become part of our Global Healthy and Sustainable City-Indicators Collaboration.

7

Compute spatial and policy indicators using the Global Healthy & Sustainable City Indicators (GHSCI) Software

Check your data and indicator results to ensure they are as accurate as possible. Validation checklists and the Global Observatory team will assist with validation.

Please contact our team for support: info@healthysustainablecities.org

6

Compute spatial and policy indicators using the Global Healthy & Sustainable City Indicators (GHSCI) Software

Use the GHSCI Software to:

  • Configure and analyze spatial data
  • Upload the Policy Checklist for analysis
  • Generate indicator outputs (e.g., maps, summary reports for validation and comparison)
  • Please contact our team if you require support using the GHSCI Software

Policy indicators include:

Metropolitan transport policy with health-focused actions

Air pollution policies for transport and land-use planning

Requirements for public transport access to employment and services

Employment distribution requirements

Parking restrictions to discourage car use

Minimum public open space access requirements

Street connectivity requirements

Provision of pedestrian infrastructure and targets for walking participation

Provision of cycling infrastructure and targets for cycling participation

Housing density requirements

Minimum requirements for public transport access and targets for public transport use

Publicly available information on government expenditure for different transport modes

Spatial indicators include:

Population with access to fresh food market or supermarket

Population living in neighbourhoods above minimum density threshold for WHO physical activity target

Population with access to regularly running formal public transport (<20 mins)

Population living in neighbourhoods above the median walkability across cities

Population living in neighbourhoods above minimum connectivity threshold for WHO physical activity target

Population with access to any public open space

5

Collect data

Policy data

  1. Identify the relevant level(s) of government for your analysis, and the government sectors responsible for the policy areas covered in the Policy Checklist.
  2. Conduct a search of government or public websites and repositories to identify relevant policy documents.
  3. Find and enter relevant policy details into the 1000 Cities Challenge Policy Checklist.

Spatial data

  1. Confirm the existence of the required spatial data.
  2. Download data for analysis of your urban area.
DataPurposeRequired
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap .pbf file with coverage of the region (and time) of interest; this could be an historical planet file, or a region-specific excerptYes
Population GridsPopulation distribution raster grid or vector data with coverage of urban region of interest. GHS population grid (R2023) is recommendedYes
Region BoundaryVector boundary for identifying study region (e.g. geopackage, geojson or shp).Conditional
Urban RegionGlobal Human Settlements Layer Urban Centres database and/or administrative boundary for urban region of interestConditional
Transit FeedsCollections of zipped GTFS feeds to represent public transport service frequencyNo
OtherOther custom data, such as points of interestNo

Further information and guidance on how to collect policy and spatial data is available on the Global Observatory website, Resources tab

4

Seek advice from country/regional mentor

The Global Observatory team, including country/regional coordinators can act as mentors or guides and will be able to answer questions related to the data collection plan, policy and spatial indicators computation, and generation of the Scorecard and Report.

3

Generate a Data Collection and Analysis Plan

  • Download and familiarize yourself with the Policy Checklist.
  • Review the steps for the Indicators Software available from the Global Observatory website, Resources tab.
  • Develop a policy data collection plan and identify who will collect the data.

2

Attend or watch an information and/or training session