title: Urban governance and the systems approaches to health-environment co-benefits in cities.
abstract: The term "co-benefits" refers to positive outcomes accruing from a policy beyond the intended outcome, often or usually in other sectors. In the urban context, policies implemented in particular sectors (such as transport, energy or waste) often generate multiple co-benefits in other areas. Such benefits may be related to the reduction of local or global environmental impacts and also extend into the area of public health. A key to identifying and realising co-benefits is the adoption of systems approaches to understand inter-sectoral linkages and, in particular, the translation of this understanding to improved sector-specific and city governance. This paper reviews a range of policies which can yield health and climate co-benefits across different urban sectors and illustrates, through a series of cases, how taking a systems approach can lead to innovations in urban governance which aid the development of healthy and sustainable cities.
authors.affiliation: Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Jose A Puppim de
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Christopher N H
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Doll
authors.affiliation: International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siri
authors.affiliation: French National Center for Scientific Research, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dreyfus
authors.affiliation: Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hooman
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Farzaneh
authors.affiliation: International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capon
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002947:Cities; D057231:Climate Change; D004779:Environment Design; D004782:Environmental Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D014504:Urban Health; D014505:Urban Population