Cities & Health has been established to support human and planetary health by sharing the latest international research and practice for urban health and health equity. Our mission is to provide practitioners, researchers and communities with a platform to share, discuss problems to shape solutions from a spatial planning, urban design and physical city governance perspective.
From climate change to the digital city, from city leadership to community resilience, cities all over the world are in transition. The journal covers a wide range of topics - but public health and the health of planetary systems needs to be at the heart of the research we publish.
We welcome contributions from researchers and practitioners, and from communities and politicians, working for healthier cities and offer a range of submission types, including Original Scholarship, Reviews, Case Studies, City Shorts, Commentary & Debates, Reflective Praxis Articles, Visual Design Essays and Travelogues. Contributions can explore a broad range of disciplines, including, but not limited to:
Built environment, including: - Urban design
- Planning
- Architecture
- Transport
- Landscape
- City governance
Public health, including:
- Epidemiology
- Health economy
- Public health advocacy
- Community health
Experts in other relevant fields, including:
- Psychology
- Human behaviour
- Geography
- Environmental resources
- Cultural studies
- Communications
- The arts
All research articles are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor and if found suitable for further consideration will by default be sent for peer review by at least two, independent, anonymous expert referees.
Author Benefits
Cities & Health aims to develop a close relationship with cities, allowing researchers to test new knowledge for real world impact and accelerate the application of their findings. Unique to this journal is the “City Know-how” section, where authors of original scholarship will be asked to provide a one-page lay summary of their papers specifically to illustrate its relevance for the practitioner community and to inform city authorities. We will support authors with this process, which is aimed at increasing real world impact. These City Know-how pages, with associated commentary, will be freely and widely circulated.
The journal has several network partners, giving authors the benefit of having their research widely disseminated through these organisations and relevant communities.
The prestigious and experienced members of our international Editorial Board will guide you from submission to publication.
Our Author Services page provides you with tips and tricks to promote your research on social media and through your network. This includes 50 free e-prints to share with anyone you wish.
Quickly and easily track the impact your paper makes with the help of Authored Works.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
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