UBDPolicy Featured on European Commission Site

The article highlights the project's findings on compact cities

The European Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) recently published an article highlighting findings from the EU-funded UBDPOLICY project, coordinated by ISGlobal. The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, identified four urban typologies across Europe – compact high-density cities, open low-rise medium-density cities, open low-rise low-density cities and green low-density cities – and assessed their environmental and health impacts. The team found that high-density compact cities have lower carbon emissions per capita, but suffer from poor air quality, higher mortality rates and limited green space, posing significant challenges for sustainable urban living.

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