Monitoring and evaluation is a key part of good practice for urban interventions. Yet cities and other actors often fail to include impact evaluation as part of the process for their policies and interventions. New tools and low-cost sensors have greatly expanded for researchers, practitioners and citizens to measure environmental exposures and monitor the results. This workshop will explore some of the latest methods and tools for exposures such as air pollution, noise, heat and use of public space.
Learning objectives:
- to understand the connection between public space and public health
- to understand the relevance of monitoring and evaluation for health impacts as a mechanism for urban transformation and health promotion
- to demonstrate methodical approaches and tools for monitoring and evaluation of public space interventions related to health
- to provide real-world examples for participants and foster discussion
During this workshop (90 min), we will:
• Provide a brief overview of the connection between public space and monitoring and evaluation for health (10 min).
• Discuss how M&E for health can be used for advocacy, policy and decision making to transform urban spaces (10 min).
• Introduce Citizen Science approach (10 min)
• Demonstrate quantitative and qualitative approaches for monitoring and evaluation of public space for environmental exposures including (20 min):
• Tools for measuring common environmental exposures and community perceptions related to health: noise, air pollution, thermal comfort, green space.
• Approaches for monitoring and evaluating public space for social interactions and uses connected to health outcomes.
• Observational tools and evaluation designs to measure changes in physical activity, uses and interactions in public space and how these are related to health
• We will explain how this data can be used to estimate health impacts for communitiesand provide practical examples of projects using these methods. (20min)
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Wrap-up discussion. We will summarize the session and address final questions. (15min)
