Health through human settlements: Investigating policymakers’ perceptions of human settlement action for population health improvement in urban South Africa

Weimann, Amy; Kabane, Noxolo; Jooste, Tracy; Hawkridge, Anthony; Smit, Warren; Oni, Tolu

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102203

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“…Another group of studies in the sample emphasised the deep connection between individuals' perceptions of and attitudes toward walking environments and social environments (Chen et al, 2021;Fontán-Vela et al, 2021;Huerta & Utomo, 2021;Iroz-Elardo et al, 2021;Klein et al, 2021;Lee et al, 2021;Rivera-Navarro et al, 2021;Weimann et al, 2020). In particular, it has been noted that "social access" plays a key role in perceptions and attitudes toward urban mobility.…”

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“…Nonetheless, proactive government interventions to improve well-being in urban areas could be hindered by society's negative perceptions of surrounding neighbourhoods. For example, neighbourhoods known for substance abuse and crime create negative perceptions of the surrounding built environment, resulting in feelings of hopelessness and, therefore, impacting mental health and active travel (Weimann et al, 2020).…”

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Rethinking the Contextual Factors Influencing Urban Mobility: A New Holistic Conceptual Framework

Chaiechi

Pryce²,

Eijdenberg³

et al. 2022

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Urbanisation, urban mobility (active travel), and public health continue to be three defining issues of the 21st century. Today, more than half of humanity lives in cities, a proportion that is expected to reach 70% by 2050. Not surprisingly, urbanisation has significant impacts on mobility, health, and well-being. Today’s cities struggle with health challenges such as those that are either a direct result of infectious and non-communicable diseases or issues related to violence and injuries. According to the World Health Organisation, the lack of suitable space in urban areas for physical activities and active living has turned cities into epicentres for diseases. The concept of urban mobility and its connection to health is not new. However, the ways through which a healthy city objective is achieved are poorly investigated in the academic literature. Accordingly, this article proposes a holistic conceptual framework by consolidating knowledge around factors impacting urban mobility by adopting a scoping review methodology to determine the field’s scope, coverage, and existing knowledge gap. To achieve the above objectives, 3,189 research articles and book chapters published between 2014 and 2021 were screened. A total of 92 studies were identified as eligible for inclusion in the scoping review. This approach revealed the importance of understanding urban mobility and healthy cities and of identifying and enacting associated enablers. Covid-19 has amplified the urgency of giving attention to these issues. The scoping review also showed a need for further research that investigates the future of urban mobility and healthy cities. A conceptual framework has been drawn from the literature to guide such future research.

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Section: The Role Of Perception and Attitude In Promoting Urban Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking the Contextual Factors Influencing Urban Mobility: A New Holistic Conceptual Framework

Chaiechi

Pryce²,

Eijdenberg³

et al. 2022

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“…Shaw (2004) outlines how the qualities of one's living environment are either directly or indirectly related to one's health. The physical aspects of the immediate housing conditions, such as the home structure, have a direct impact on people's health (Weimann et al, 2020). As an example, unsecured electric lines and a scarcity of cooking space can lead to child burns and fatalities in informal settlements (Parbhoo et al, 2010).…”

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Assessment of Physical Standards of Housing for Healthy Living in Urban Informal Settlement: A Case of Rupsha Slum in Khulna

Hossain

Sultana

2023

J. of Eng. Sci.

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Overcrowding, poor structural quality of housing, and a lack of basic services and infrastructure differentiate informal settlement as a distinct type of community. Poor housing quality is directly connected to a greater risk of disease and illness in informal settlements. This research is being carried out to provide a comprehensive picture of the existing physical conditions of housing and aims to measure the deviation of housing quality between existing and standard healthy housing parameters in informal settlements. A substantial amount of fieldwork has been conducted to map the existing physical structure of the settlement and a list of preventable diseases suffered from poor housing is made through conducting a focus group discussion and interviews of 50 households in a distinct informal settlement situated in Bangladesh’s third-largest city, namely Khulna. To assess the housing quality a framework of standard housing is made by reviewing the book “Park’s textbook of preventive and social medicine” by K. Park. Results indicate that - 70% of the total household does not satisfy the minimum housing standard; in most cases, 4 or 5 persons must share a single room of 102 to 150 sqft area; a single toilet serves 180 people; the queuing time for drinking water from a tube well exceeds 45 minutes. The study also reveals the settler’s complex mechanism of compact living through space sharing dynamics. Journal of Engineering Science 13(2), 2022, 51-67

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“…Although the residents have adapted to the daily life of the informal community, they still feel that they do not belong here and regard it only as a temporary residence. 42 Even if they have lived here for more than ten years, they may choose to leave because of marriage or for their children’s education ( ‘If my daughter becomes the civil servant, we’ll go back. ’ [B02]) (‘ When my children go to kindergarten, I may not be here anymore.…”

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Vulnerable or resilient? The response of informal settlements to COVID-19: The case of urban village communities in Beijing

Dong

Wang

Lin

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Indoor and Built Environment

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought topics of the impact, response and adaptation of cities in emergencies to the forefront. When compared with formal settlements, the problems faced by informal settlements are more prominent. We propose the framework of an actor-network theory, substantiated by an empirical study of three typical informal settlements in Haidian District, Beijing, in which the process, characteristics and internal mechanism of the spatial reconstruction of the informal settlements in response to COVID-19 are closely scrutinised. Human actors such as local governments, community volunteers, landlords, tenants and non-human actors all participated in the response to COVID-19 according to their goal vision and political logic, with the local government as the core driving force, forming an integrated actor network. Rooted in the special locality of informal settlements, the actor network was both hierarchical and flexible, and its inherent dynamism has proven to be efficient during COVID-19, resulting in social adaptation and spatial reconstruction. This study contributes to the cautiously optimistic estimate of similar urban community resilience in terms of global epidemics and enriches the understanding of their interlacing dynamics from the perspective of spatial reconstruction.

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Health through human settlements: Investigating policymakers’ perceptions of human settlement action for population health improvement in urban South Africa

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

Rethinking the Contextual Factors Influencing Urban Mobility: A New Holistic Conceptual Framework

Rethinking the Contextual Factors Influencing Urban Mobility: A New Holistic Conceptual Framework

Assessment of Physical Standards of Housing for Healthy Living in Urban Informal Settlement: A Case of Rupsha Slum in Khulna

Vulnerable or resilient? The response of informal settlements to COVID-19: The case of urban village communities in Beijing

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