1. The impact of healthy cities on achieving the environmental aspect of sustainable development.
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Al-Budairi, Bahaa Adnan and Al-Rikabi, Nada Khaleefah
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CITY dwellers , *CITIES & towns , *SUSTAINABLE development , *SUSTAINABLE urban development , *WATER quality , *AIR pollution , *URBAN health - Abstract
The rapid growth witnessed by most cities around the world can be the main source of most of the problems that cities suffer, especially environmental problems (air pollution, land pollution, environmental resources, sewage services, drinking water, food security, lack of green spaces, gaseous emissions polluted) and each of these problems has negative impacts on health in general and on human health in particular through the spread of various diseases among city dwellers, and this intersects with the principles of sustainable development and its dimensions, especially the environmental dimension. Therefore, many concepts have emerged that serve as a tool to achieve sustainable development, including the concept of cities Health, which is defined as the cities that improve their environment and develop their resources through the realization of health as an urban issue that must be achieved at various levels, but the mechanisms of investigation are still not clear, hence the research problem of the lack of clarity in the indicators of healthy cities affecting the achievement of the environmental dimension of sustainable development Accordingly, he determined the objective of the research in studying the concept of healthy cities and its relationship to sustainable development, in order to reach the effective indicators of healthy cities in achieving the environmental dimension of Sustainable development, as the research assumes: The principles and foundations of the concept of healthy cities can have a role in achieving the environmental dimension of sustainable development. For the purpose of achieving the goal of the research, the concept of healthy cities and sustainable development was addressed, and three experiences of healthy cities were presented. The most important results of the study were represented by effective indicators to achieve the dimension Environmental for sustainable development: providing a livable environment (roads, transportation, green spaces, and land uses) and providing a healthy environment (air quality, water quality, environmental resources, food security, and land pollution) and each of these concepts has mechanisms for its implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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