Heath protection is an important issue for citizens and societies. However, urban and transport planning hasn’t paid proper attention to relevant health effects. There is also a gap of knowledge on how to harmonize goals of health promotion with other goals, e.g., accessibility and economically efficient development.

Source: Project SHOTUP, Workshop Feb 2020

The project SHOTUP aims to prove the interdependencies between urban structures, transport systems, and health and subsequently to establish health-related conflicting goals in urban and transport development. Two case study cities of Hồ Chí Minh City and Frankfurt am Main are chosen to research on these topics concentrating on air pollution.

Sources: “Research project SHOTUP” at https://www.bauing.tu-darmstadt.de and “Verbundprojekt: Nachhaltige und gesundheitsorientierte Verkehrs- und Stadtplanung; Teilvorhaben: Grundprinzipien und Grenzen einer nachhaltigen Verkehrs- und Stadtplanung“ at https://www.kooperation-international.de, accessed on 29 July 2021.