TDLC Expert's Insight Video Series: What is a Healthy City? Exploring urban concepts through a health lens in a post-pandemic world with Ana Diez Roux

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00:09 Hi,

00:10 everyone.

00:10 I'm Hanji Lee,

00:11 an urban specialist from the World Bank.

00:14 Have you ever wondered

00:16 what a healthy city will look like in a post-COVID world?

00:20 Well,

00:21 we asked Professor Anna Di Ruu two big questions on this very timely topic.

00:26 Anna is Dean and Professor at Burnside

00:28 School of Public Health at Drexel University,

00:31 and she provided very useful insight into this topic.

00:36 So,

00:36 if you're looking to learn more about this topic,

00:38 please connect with us on TDLC's Facebook and Twitter.

00:43 So over to you,

00:44 Anna.

00:50 The main challenges that the

00:52 COVID-19 pandemic has

00:55 revealed about urban health have to do with

00:58 having in place the public health systems,

01:00 not healthcare,

01:01 but public health systems that allow us to appropriately

01:05 track health in cities,

01:07 uh,

01:07 and

01:08 act based on the evidence and the information that we have.

01:13 And the second big challenge has been the challenge of health inequities

01:17 and how social inequities translate into health

01:21 differences

01:22 for COVID,

01:23 but also for all other diseases.

01:26 The main opportunity that the

01:28 pandemic has created is an opportunity to see

01:32 what our cities might look like

01:34 if we had less cars,

01:36 um,

01:37 if we opened up our public spaces and use our public spaces,

01:41 uh,

01:41 differently,

01:42 uh,

01:43 in cities.

01:50 In order to promote,

01:51 uh,

01:51 urban health,

01:52 I think cities should prioritize three things.

01:55 The first thing is equity,

01:57 reducing social inequalities,

01:59 ensuring access to stable

02:02 work and improving conditions at work,

02:04 and

02:05 Improving conditions in neighborhoods,

02:07 reducing

02:08 environmental hazards in,

02:09 in neighborhoods.

02:11 The second thing I think the city should prioritize

02:14 is mobility

02:15 that encourages active transportation,

02:17 public transportation,

02:19 and reduces automobile use.

02:21 And the 3rd thing I think cities should prioritize

02:24 is good governance,

02:25 and that means transparency,

02:27 that means basing policy on evidence,

02:30 and that means true engagement of citizens in

02:34 city governments.

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Hi, everyone. I'm Hanji Lee, an urban specialist from the World Bank. Have you ever wondered what a healthy city will look like in a post-COVID world? Well, we asked Professor Anna Di Ruu two big questions on this very timely topic. Anna is Dean and Professor at Burnside School of Public Health at Drexel University, and she provided very useful insight into this topic. So, if you're looking to learn more about this topic, please connect with us on TDLC's Facebook and Twitter. So over to you, Anna. The main challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed about urban health have to do with having in place the public health systems, not healthcare, but public health systems that allow us to appropriately track health in cities, uh, and act based on the evidence and the information that we have. And the second big challenge has been the challenge of health inequities and how social inequities translate into health differences for COVID, but also for all other diseases. The main opportunity that the pandemic has created is an opportunity to see what our cities might look like if we had less cars, um, if we opened up our public spaces and use our public spaces, uh, differently, uh, in cities. In order to promote, uh, urban health, I think cities should prioritize three things. The first thing is equity, reducing social inequalities, ensuring access to stable work and improving conditions at work, and Improving conditions in neighborhoods, reducing environmental hazards in, in neighborhoods. The second thing I think the city should prioritize is mobility that encourages active transportation, public transportation, and reduces automobile use. And the 3rd thing I think cities should prioritize is good governance, and that means transparency, that means basing policy on evidence, and that means true engagement of citizens in city governments.

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