How To Improve Urban Health:
A Conversation With The Economist’s Babbage Podcast

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was strongly felt in cities. It brought out the importance of health and cities. 

What is a good life? Aristotle pointed out that there is no good life without a good society.

Reflecting on the year in an episode of Monocle’s The Urbanist podcast in December 2020, UrbanBetter’s Tolullah Oni and  author of ‘Sitopia’ – Carolyn Steel – spoke to host Andrew Tuck about the interaction between health and cities. The podcast explores the lessons we should take forward from the pandemic for better cities. Jan Gehl joins to remind us the goal of this century is to have much more sustainable and climate friendly cities.

Listen here.

Health and the city in 2020

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