Cities Rapid Assessment Framework for Transformation (CRAFT) tool

CUSSH researchers successfully created a framework for linking future urban environmental policy with health impacts.​

The CRAFT module estimated an emissions reduction of ~90% in London by implementing 10 key policies, with cleaner vehicles and active travel providing the greatest health benefits.

Publications

[1] Symonds, P., Verschoor, N., Chalabi, Z., Taylor, J., Davies, M. (2021). Home energy efficiency and subjective health in greater London. Journal of Urban Health, Jun. 2021 362-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-021-00513-6​

[2] Taylor, J., Symonds, P. (2021). Estimating spatial variation of moisture risks in English and Welsh dwellings. In International Conference on Moisture in Buildings, May 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351569662​

[3] Milner, J., Hamilton, I., Woodcock, J., Williams, M., Davies, M., Wilkinson, P., Haines, A. (2020). Health benefits of policies to reduce carbon emissions. British Medical Journal Mar. 2020, 368. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.l6758.full ​

[4] Belesova, K., Callaghan, M., Minz, J., Creutzig, F., Turcu, C., Hutchinson, E., Milner, J., Crane, M., Haines, A., Davies, M., Wilkinson, P. (2021). Climate action for health and wellbeing in cities: a protocol for the systematic development of a database of peer-reviewed studies using machine learning methods. Wellcome open research. Mar. 2021. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16570.1​

[5] Symonds, P., Milner, J., Mohajeri, N., Aplin, J., Hale, J., Lloyd, S. J., Fremont, H., Younkin, S., Shrubsole, C., Robertson, L., Taylor, J., Wilkinson, P., Davies, M. (2020). A tool for assessing the climate change mitigation and health impacts of environmental policies: the Cities Rapid Assessment Framework for Transformation (CRAFT). Wellcome open research. Nov. 2020. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16345.2 ​

[6] Tsoulou, I., Taylor, J., Symonds, P., Mohajeri, N., Davies, M. (2021). Improving indoor thermal comfort, air quality and the health of older adults through environmental policies in London. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Nov. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012240

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