The recent concept of place-making contends that urban places are rooted in the physical environment and emerge through reiterative social behaviors, meanings that are created and reconstructed on a ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

People who live in cities face many challenges that threaten their mental health. In countries in which relatively higher numbers of people live in cities, depression, anxiety and addiction are ...

The Armed Conflict and the Impact on Patients With Cancer in Ukraine: Urgent Considerations Components of health system capacity vary during a pandemic, and capacity relative to pandemic numbers and ...