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SUMMARY:Healthy Habitats Initiative: Future of Urban Health – Visions an
 d Perspectives
DTSTART:20181107T140000
DTEND:20181107T180000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Nicola Contoraggi\, Institute of Global Health\, UNIGE Yves De
 lacrétaz\, School of Management and Engineering Vaud Carlos Dora\, World 
 Health Organization Stéphane Joost\, Laboratory of Geographic Information
  Systems\, EPFL & GIRAPH Lab\, Unit of Population Epidemiology\, Geneva Un
 iversity Hospitals Emanuele Massaro\, Laboratory on Human-Environment Rela
 tions in Urban Systems\, EPFL Ola Söderström\, Institute of Geography\, 
 UNINE\nThe preservation and pursuit of “quality of life” in cities rep
 resents a fundamental challenge for the future. Regarding which developing
  visionary and innovative solutions requires an understanding of various s
 ocio-spatial\, economic and environmental determinants of well-being in ci
 ties\, and calls for an integrated\, interdisciplinary research agenda. Th
 e Habitat Research Center is launching its activities on the theme of Heal
 th by bringing together researchers in Switzerland working on various aspe
 cts of health in urban contexts with the ambition of fostering collaborati
 on\, exploring future perspectives\, and creating new research synergies.\
 nFollowing the presentations in the first part\, a panel discussion in the
  second part will invite the researchers to exchange their views about the
  future health challenges in cities\, and interdisciplinary research direc
 tions to address them. Further the panel is invited to rvisit the validity
  and potential of an ambitious interdisciplinary research on the theme of 
 urban walking\, as a fundamental component of a healthy city.\nSee the det
 ailed program and interventions here.\n 
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