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Healthy City as one that is continually creating and improving those physical and social environments and expanding those community resources which enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and in developing to their maximum potential (World Health Organization, 1998, Health Promotion Glossary).
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A city’s health profile consists first and foremost of a quantitative and qualitative description of the health of its inhabitants and the factors which influence their health (De Hollander & Staatsen 2003; Diez-Roux, 2002; Schino, 2006). In order to build up a profile of the health of a city’s population, a detailed analysis of the community’s needs and resources needs to be carried out.
To facilitate the development of the Healthy Cities project, it is essential that there should be the involvement and participation of all those people who, in various capacities, are responsible for the city’s health...
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Tognetti, M. (2014). Healthy Cities. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1267
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