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Higher-density cities are coming. How do we ensure they're healthy cities, too?
Urban environments are becoming more crowded, and high-density developments are being planned and built to house all those new citizens. But how do we ensure we're building healthy, liveable environments? The story below describes a collaborative...
Article - 05/03/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Wellness, Built environment, Health and human services

Battling diabetes: Tech giants, inventors, mayors and service clubs are on the front lines
Concerns about a mushrooming diabetes epidemic are widespread. The Hindustan Times suggests that once a disease of the affluent, diabetes is now “rampant” among India’s urban poor. A recent report by Aetna International indicates diabetes has...
Article - 07/12/2017
Active Region(s): India, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness

New UK report offers insights on technologies that battle social isolation and loneliness
We’ve written previously about efforts to use technology to battle social isolation, from the SmartLab in Seattle to a Meal Makers program in Scotland to the Dublin-based Freebird travel club for seniors. But to emphasize the importance of this...
Article - 05/24/2017
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness

How tools from AT&T, SAS and others are helping protect vulnerable children
When the topic is vulnerable children – children who through no fault of their own have been abused, abandoned, neglected, bullied or otherwise wronged – it can be tough to find an upside. But we know there are incredible, compassionate human beings...
Article - 04/19/2017
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness

Quick takes: 5 cities, 5 compassionate efforts to benefit the elderly
In this week's Quick takes installment, we highlight initiatives designed to make a positive difference in the lives of older populations. Some are pretty simple, but as you'll read below, they do matter.  – Liz EnbyskIn Winter Park, a daily call...
Article - 04/18/2017
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness

From Ubers to avatars, technologies are enabling the disabled and elderly
Recently we wrote about drones being used for humanitarian purposes – shedding a positive light on a technology not everyone is comfortable with. Same issue with robots; hardly a day goes by without a headline citing fears that they'll take jobs...
Article - 03/08/2017
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness