Imagine if cities had a health-checkup tool that showed exactly how air pollution, noise, and heat affect people's lives. It's like a GPS for city planners that predicts which changes to roads or parks will actually save lives and money. Instead of guessing, they can use hard data to build healthier neighborhoods.
City planners lack consistent, updated data to quantify how urban design affects public health and economic costs. This makes it difficult to justify investments in green spaces or transport changes based on actual health savings.
A system for estimating health impacts and socio-economic costs of environmental stressors. It includes a database of indicators and a methodology for updating city health data every 3 years.
If you are a consultancy dealing with urban redesign and need to prove the economic value of green spaces — this project developed a system for health and socio-economic cost-benefit estimation that provides data for nearly 1,000 European cities.
If you are a transport operator dealing with emissions regulations — this project developed a method to track the health impacts of transport planning, updated every 3 years to monitor progress.
If you are an insurer dealing with rising urban health costs — this project developed a way to estimate the burden of disease from air pollution and heat across 11 case study cities.
Based on available project data, no pricing or cost information is provided as this is a research project funded by the EU.
The project is designed for large-scale application, targeting nearly 1,000 European cities with updates every 3 years.
Based on available project data, specific IP or licensing agreements are not mentioned; it is currently a research-driven initiative.
It provides evidence-based data on environmental stressors to strengthen policy making at city, national, and EU levels.
The project runs from 2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31, with a system designed to provide updates every 3 years.
The consortium is purely academic and research-driven, consisting of 6 partners from 6 countries. It includes 3 universities and 2 research organizations, with 0% industry participation. This suggests the output is currently focused on scientific validation and policy evidence rather than immediate commercial products.
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