Healthy Living Environment Assessment (Leefomgevingstoets) of Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Client: Municipality of AmersfoortLocation: Soesterkwartier & Eemkwartier, Amersfoort, The NetherlandsYear: 2026 Urban Transformation with a Health First Approach‘Langs Eem en Spoor’ is currently one of the most significant urban developments in Amersfoort. Located directly north of the Central Station, the project aims to transform a formerly isolated area – separated by the river Eem, industrial […]
Kick-off of a new HorizonEurope project: PUREPOLIS
We are excited to announce that Healthy Cities joined the new HorizonEurope project PUREPOLIS which aims to improve pollution management and protect urban health in cities across Europe. Our first partner meeting took place in Munich where we had the chance to meet the rest of the consortium and start building a strong foundation for working […]
Building a Health Impact Assessment Tool for Catalunya
Bax and Healthy Cities contributions to the development of the Catalan version of the urban planning health impact assessment tool in collaboration with the Barcelona Provincial Council We are delighted to have collaborated with the Barcelona Provincial Council (Diputació de Barcelona) in the development of the Catalan version of the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) tool […]
Ideas That Happen: How Barcelona is designing its streets for health & happiness
“We are the only animals which build habitats that harm us.” We recently sat down with Eloi Juvillà Ballester, Director of Building and Logistics at the Diputació de Barcelona, to learn how Barcelona is rethinking city design for healthy urban living. Together with Marta Rofin, head of Healthy Cities, we discussed: 🚗 How economic and […]
