Cities

A city is a large human settlement. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. This concentration also can have significant negative consequences, such as forming urban heat islands, concentrating pollution, and stressing water supplies and other resources. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of …

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WHO: World Health Organization · 13 November 2024 English

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efforts in specific sub-national settings such as cities, villages, and workplaces, and discussing them recognizing the importance of TB elimination in cities as a crucial milestone, given that urban areas 15:00 – 15.30 Sub-national elimination • TB free cities • TB free workplaces, e.g. mines • TB free schools


WHO: World Health Organization · 12 November 2024 English

x, 55 p.

of WHO such as healthier populations, healthy cities, health-promoting schools, starting with PHC,


WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 English

x, 110 p.

capacity levels between the Provinces, Districts/Cities, and national levels. Minimizing differences in Intensify the advocacy and technical support to cities/districts to prioritize IHR capacity building drills) at all levels (national, provinces and cities/districts) for effective IHR coordination, collaboration No. 1/ 2022 will be extended to all districts/cities to deliver emergency medical services. • All hospital Intensify the advocacy and technical support to cities/districts to prioritize IHR capacity building


WHO: World Health Organization · 7 November 2024 English

iv, 10 p.

typhi (15). The programme has been expanded in two cities through a joint effort involving the Government


WHO: World Health Organization · 1 November 2024 English

Adults in the WHO European Region consume an average of 9.2 litres of pure alcohol per year, making them the heaviest drinkers globally. In this region, alcohol is a leading …

and harm. For instance, a study conducted in 18 cities in Norway, which implemented a series of extensions


WHO: World Health Organization · 26 October 2024 English

This report presents the results of the Health-Enhancing Physical Activity Monitoring Framework conducted in the European Union Member States in 2024, updating the information published in 2015, 2018 and 2021. …

infrastructure), SDG10 (less inequality), SDG11 (sustainable cities and communities), SDG12 (responsible production


WHO: World Health Organization · 13 October 2024 English

flooding nationwide. The floods have affected cities and rural areas, with some of the hardest- hit


EC: European Commission · 1 October 2024 English

To enhance EU competitiveness and foster the transition to sustainability, the Draghi Report underscores the necessity of enhanced policy coordination across EU Member States and European institutions. This paper advocates …

enhancing rail connections between major European cities and its airports to facilitate access without flying connections between Dutch airports and major European cities (e.g. London, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf


EC: European Commission · 26 September 2024 English

This report compares and contrasts the characteristics of unicorns to those of start-up companies in general in Europe, with a particular focus on the influence on the trajectory of these …

the UK, Germany, and France, and within capital cities or major economic and technology hubs like. barely 16 metropolitan cities (Guo & Zhang, 2021). When comparing these 16 cities with 24 metropolitan countries. They also are primarily in capital cities (London, Berlin, Paris), or economic and technology capital investment is largely focused in very few cities. This pattern of concentration can be partly explained situated in the leading hubs within large European cities, typically a nation's capital or its financial


EC: European Commission · 25 September 2024 English

Cities and local authorities are key players in addressing climate change. Since 2008, the European Commission (EC) endorses and supports their efforts through the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

............................. 923 Abstract Cities and local authorities are key players in addressing for Climate and Energy counts more than 11 300 cities and local governments from Europe and its neighbouring it forecasts emissions in 2030. Policy context Cities and local authorities are crucial actors in the abating energy-related emissions and targeting cities and local authorities from the EU. Since then, In Europe, the Covenant originally required cities to commit to a minimum 20% GHG emission reduction


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