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🚨HealthyPlan.City is now live!
This web mapping tool provides a block-by-block snapshot of environmental inequities in over 125 cities across Canada.
➡️Try it here: healthyplan.city/en
✅And answer our user feedback survey at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
📄 Read our paper on the approach to developing the HealthyPlan.City tool, published in open access with @SpringerNature in the Journal of Urban Health: link.springer.com/article/10…
📰HealthyPlan.City dans La Presse:
Où se jouent les iniquités environnementales dans nos villes ? lapresse.ca/actualites/envir… via @lp_lapresse
📰HealthyPlan.City featured in the Toronto Star
Where in Toronto are you most exposed to extreme summer heat? New tool maps environmental problem areas in 125 Canadian cities thestar.com/news/canada/wher… via @torontostar
Join us for the official release of the HealthyPlan.City tool:
🗓️ November 28, 2023 @ 1-2 pm EST // 10-11 am PT
Register now ➡️ eventbrite.ca/e/official-rel…
Climate-related risks facing under-served neighbourhoods are exacerbated by the fact that they may be less able to fight decisions that could hurt them. Great to speak to @CBCToronto about our work to address environmental inequities in Canadian cities.
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t…
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"Is Vancouver's #Urban #TreeCanopy prepared for #ClimateChange?"
#UBCForestry’s Dr. Lorien Nesbitt (@nesbittios) joins @CityNewsVAN to discuss the role that #Trees could play in mitigating the adverse effects of #ClimateChange: bit.ly/42IJWWF
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How are green spaces utilized during extreme heat? @UofT researchers are analyzing park usage & the impact of extreme heat on the health and well-being of TO residents, with support from a SofC Urban Challenge Grant and @UofTDSI Data Access Grant: datasciences.utoronto.ca/dat…
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We're pleased to be attending a presentation by @NatureCanada on their recently completed Tree Equity Report.
In short, Canadian equity-deserving communities generally have fewer trees—and thus miss out on their many benefits. #TreeEquity #UrbanForest
ALT Screenshot of a Zoom presentation with a slide that shows the cover of Nature Canada's tree equity report, entitled "Canada's Urban Forests | Bringing the Canopy to All."
ALT Screenshot of a Zoom presentation with a slide by Nature Canada entitled "Tree Equity" that describes the concept.
Want a sneak peek at the #data we're adding to our urban data visualization and analysis tools? Join a webinar tomorrow with one of our co-directors, Dr. Jeff Brook, to find out! #dataviz #heatlhycities
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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ENV Online Seminar Series: March 1, 4 - 6 pm. Democratizing urban environmental data across Canada through with Professor Jeff Brook. HealthyDesign.City is a new pair web-based applications for mobilizing urban environmental data.
buff.ly/3IoKF8K
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If you want to quickly visualize important climate variables that impact health, check out this tool: healthyplan.city/en
Developed by @CANUEConsortium
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For example, according to this tool, there are more than 300,000 older adults living in areas with unfavourable heat islands across the Greater Toronto Area.
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Results showed the deleterious effects of [urban heat islands] on mortality and highlighted the health benefits of increasing tree coverage to cool urban environments. #climatechange #globalhealth thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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One-third of summer heat-related deaths could be prevented by reaching a #tree cover of 30%.
ow.ly/kluM50MGYEo
@TheLancet @ISGLOBALorg @guardian
#parks #trees #cities #study #climate
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Today marks the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth. By celebrating the perspectives of Black planners, and by raising awareness of issues of equity, we can move towards a positive future.
Read the #planning profession’s joint statement: bit.ly/3wMV5Za
15-minute cities where residents can walk 15 minutes or less to essential services are good for health, the environment and the economy. 🏠🌳🏫
@Pathways2Equity explains how only 23% of Metro Vancouver has access to these services within 15 minutes.
equitablehealthycities.org/b…
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Safe neighbourhood streets can encourage more families to walk to school this winter. 🙋♀️
Learn how families can organize a Safer Streets Advocacy initiative for #WinterWalkDay this February.
schooltravel.ca/activity/saf…
ALT Two children walking to school together.
More evidence that access to green space has significant health benefits.🍃🌳
In particular, residential greenspace is associated with healthy birth outcomes. Cities should increase greenspace, especially in low-income communities where the association is even stronger.
🤰🏽🌳 A new study involving a team from #ISGlobal assessed the associations between maternal exposure to green and blue spaces during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 birth cohorts from nine European countries.
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Fantastic piece from @ncceh highlights how mapping tools, like HealthyPlan.City, can help communities, cities and health professionals identify and address environmental inequities that negatively impact public health. #dataviz #healthequity
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