Assessment of Children’s Health and Climate Changes effects in Urban Spaces: A Review of Healthy and Smart Cities Viewpoint

Assessment of Children’s Health and Climate Changes effects in Urban Spaces: A Review of Healthy and Smart Cities Viewpoint | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Assessment of Children’s Health and Climate Changes effects in Urban Spaces: A Review of Healthy and Smart Cities Viewpoint MEHDI ALYARI This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6506719/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This study addresses the serious challenges climate change poses to children’s well-being and explores the potential role of virtual reality (VR) in enhancing urban health. A systematic literature review, guided by PRISMA, mapped children’s needs in urban physical and digital environments. Analysis of 2,511 sources (n = 38 final studies) using VOS viewer software revealed 1,000 keyword clusters exposed an important difference between existing research and important topics for healthy smart cities (HSCs) for children. Key findings highlight critical gaps in effective climate change mitigation strategies tailored to children’s vulnerabilities and lack of their participation in urban planning. Mostly, the low occurrence of keywords such as children's health and smart cities shows a worrying gap. This requires a more focused approach, using technology, mostly virtual reality, to link these knowledge gaps. VR proposes a remarkable opportunity to simulate urban interventions and develop sustainable, resilient, and child-friendly spaces. Further studies are vital to study the role of VR in training for climate-related issues. This research goals to investigating the urban spaces that mitigate climate effects and vigorously support children’s inclusive well-being children's health climate change smart cities virtual reality urban planning Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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