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Cities, Health and Wellbeing

Global Governance and Intersectoral Policies

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Focuses on three Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 3, 11 and 16
  • Provides practical solutions to policy makers on how to translate the SDGs effectively into public policies
  • Explains the growing convergence between health and spatial planning

Part of the book series: Sustainable Urban Futures (SUF)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Diana Soeiro
    Pages 1-11
  3. Multilevel and Sectoral Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. Health

      • Diana Soeiro
      Pages 23-54
    3. Spatial and Urban Planning

      • Diana Soeiro
      Pages 55-90
  4. Policy Coordination and Intersectoral Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
    2. 2030 Agenda

      • Diana Soeiro
      Pages 119-133
  5. On Indicators

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. Conclusion

      • Diana Soeiro
      Pages 155-159
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 161-181

About this book

On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted Resolution 70/1, “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Also known as 2030 Agenda, the document lays out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the realm of ecology, society and economy. The current book focuses on three of these goals: SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; SDG 3: Health and Wellbeing; SDG 11: Cities and Sustainable Communities.

 It is critical that interdisciplinary approaches go one step further and translate more effectively into intersectoral policies. This is particularly vital when it comes to urban planning and health. This book address the key question:  In the context of a growing influence of European Union policies at a national level, can SDGs simultaneously contribute to harmonising sectoral policies and promoting intersectoral policies? Claiming a growing convergence between health and spatial planning, the main goal of the book is to formulate an answer to the following question: how can policymakers translate the SDGs effectively into public policies in order to improve cities, health and wellbeing?




Authors and Affiliations

  • DINÂMIA’CET-IUL, Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Diana Soeiro

About the author

Diana Soeiro is a scientific writer and policy analyst. She has a PhD in Philosophy from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal and conducted her Postdoctoral studies in Philosophy and Urban Studies. Her main research interests are Philosophical Anthropology, Cities and Urban Planning, and Economics and Public Policy. In 2017, she was appointed Ambassador for United Nations’ 2030 Agenda (Global Compact, Portugal).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cities, Health and Wellbeing

  • Book Subtitle: Global Governance and Intersectoral Policies

  • Authors: Diana Soeiro

  • Series Title: Sustainable Urban Futures

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89348-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89347-7Published: 04 January 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-89348-4Published: 03 January 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2730-6607

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-6615

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 181

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Geography, Urban Studies/Sociology, Public Policy, Geography, general, Clinical Psychology

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Hardcover Book USD 64.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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