Inclusion. Diversity. Equity. All too often, there’s a feeling such words are rattled off, more as buzzwords in a box-ticking exercise than policies truly designed to change lives.

Does the built environment alter our mental health?

Is there a blueprint for a healthy lifestyle? A way to design the world’s communities to promote sustainable urban health and wellbeing no matter the location?

Taking a more holistic approach to health infrastructure means appreciating the multifactorial social determinants of health.

With the urban transition, malnutrition increasingly affects urban areas: one in three children is stunted; at the same time overweight and obesity continue to rise.