Members

MemberCountry of intertestCities of interestAvailable to collaborate
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
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
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
Turkey and CyprusAnkara, KyreniaYes
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
Germany and SpainRostock, Berlin, Hamburg, BarcelonaYes
Anna Kajosaari
anna.kajosaari@oeaw.ac.at
AustriaViennaYes
Moy Li
limengying087@gmail.com
ChinaWuhanYes
Erno Mäkinen
ernoma@gmail.com
FinlandTampereMaybe

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