Welcome to U-Care!

A project battling climate change impacts on urban ecosystems and health across EU climate zones.

UrbanCare, the centerpiece of BHL, is a methodology and workflow dedicated to improving urban health using a scientifically robust, evidence-based strategy. Our approach addresses complex urban health factors with adjustable Ecosystem Indicators and effective science communication tools for communities and planners.

With UrbanCare, we support the European Union-granted U-Care project, collaborating with researchers from Chalmers, TU-Berlin, the University of Florence, and the University of Cyprus to develop case studies across Europe. These studies focus on enhancing health through urban ecosystem regeneration.

Our committment is three-fold:

    • Knowledge Transfer: share real-world urban problems, challenges, and approaches from practice to academia.
    • Platform Development:  create a co-development environment for research, planning, design, and policy review.
    • Capacity Building: develop urban health related learning modules for higher education institutions

1. Urban Health Indicator development

● Urban health indicators for spatial actions and interventions ● Scientific article #1 on Urban Health indicators for spatial interventions ● Targets and goals for quantitative and qualitative research surveys and the digital platform development

2. UrbanCare.app adaptation, calibration, and user training

An application to calibrate surveys and visualize 5 data sets: 1. Spatial inequity 360° photography 2. Thermal imaging 3. Surface runoff analyses 4. Biotope fragmentation indexes 5. Outdoor Users needs and tables and graphs

3. Florence Case Study: Quantitative Research

● Urban health indicators specific to Florence ● Ecosystem data collected and categorized for analysis

4. Florence Case Study: Qualitative Research

● Characterization of vulnerable outdoor users in Florence ● Evaluation of outdoor public space quality from the users’ perception

5. Gothenburg Case Study: Quantitative Research

● Urban health indicators specific to Gothenburg ● Ecosystem data collected and categorized for analysis

6. Gothenburg Case Study: Qualitative Research

● Characterization of vulnerable outdoor users in Gothenburg ● Evaluation of outdoor public space quality from the users’ perception

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14. Nicosia Decision-making Workshop

1. Urb. health spatial indicators 2. Env. health impact assessment data 3. Urb. health spatial action plan #4 (policy + interventions) 4. Interinst. and cross-departmental strategies . 5. Scientific article #2