Development and evaluation of healthy cities

Abstract

The Healthy Cities and Sustainable Development Goals are interlinked, and the Healthy Cities movement has received widespread response and support worldwide over the past 30 years. The European Healthy Cities Networks covers about 1,400 cities. China started the Healthy Cities Movement in 1994 and put forward the Healthy China Strategy in the report of 19th national congress of CPC. Based on the impact of COVID-19 and Henan floods on urban health, it is necessary to incorporate some unconventional indicators into the Healthy Cities evaluation indicator framework. In addition, structured data cannot fully describe certain indicators, so the collection of unstructured data is equally important.

Health Assessment of a 15-Minute Life Circle Around Rail Transit Based on the EWR-TOPSIS Method

“…In terms of evaluation systems, the Healthy City Evaluation Index System is a crucial component of healthy cities.A reasonable and quantifiable index system can not only measure levels but also reflect the concepts and goals of healthy city development (O'Neill and Simard, 2006) [7] .The focus of healthy city construction in China is on the environment, economy, and population (Zhuoran Lv, 2022) [8] .Comprehensive exploration of healthy city evaluation requires considering multiple aspects such as urban transportation, quality of life, and sustainable development (Kai Xia, 2022) [9] .Encouraging walking, cycling, and the use of public transportation while reducing the use of private cars (Giles-Corti B, 2016; Angela Mottaeva, 2018) [5][10] .Additionally, reducing air pollution, noise, and the heat island effect, while increasing green spaces and physical activity levels (Nieuwenhuijsen M J, 2021;Yildirim, Y.,2022) [11][12] .The framework for evaluating healthy urban areas includes aspects such as urban space and facilities, natural environment and climate, and social atmosphere and security, providing references for healthy city planning and construction practices (Wang Lan, 2023) [13] .Both domestic and international studies indicate that the built environment impacts health through factors such as green spaces(Haluza, D., 2024) [14] , land use, and road traffic (Li Jianjun, 2024; Man Yuan, 2022) [15][16] [17] .In terms of evaluation methods, constructing a healthy community evaluation index system primarily includes methods such as the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) (Yuzhou Luo, 2019) [18] , the Delphi method and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (Dong Xiaofeng, 2023) [19] , and the Entropy Weight Method (EWM) (Yan D, 2021; Yu Chen, 2023) [1][20] .Additionally, introducing the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and Grey Relational Analysis to establish evaluation models (Long Ruyin, 2019) [21] .Through these interactions, the study of health evaluation for 15-minute living circles around rail transit stations promotes the c`onstruction and optimization of urban physical and social environments. (Some health evaluation indicators are shown in American Journal of Public Health.…”