Revitalizing city centres by making them more dense and mixed-use can help curb urban sprawl.
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We don’t recycle enough! Cities, as the main sources of consumption and waste production, are strategically positioned to reverse this trend.
Tree and bird diversity has been linked to a number of positive mental health outcomes. It is time that urban planners interested in human well-being take biodiversity into account.
Canada’s cities must be planned around resident
health and well-being, our research reveals the key barriers to developing truly healthy cities.
Focusing on metrics that measure a city’s quality of life could be detrimental to its long-term sustainable development.
Cities are crucial to addressing climate change. To meet emission reduction targets, cities need to involve their residents in environmental action at the local level.
It’s possible to prevent homelessness, but it will take a commitment and dedication to understanding the conditions that produce it.
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Professeur agrégé, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor, Economics, University of Winnipeg
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Assistant Professor at Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina
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Professeur titulaire, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology and Director, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor, Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Winnipeg
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Research Associate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Senior Research Scientist, Public Health Agency of Canada and Adjunct professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University
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Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Planning, Dalhousie University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
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Assistant Professor, University of Northern British Columbia