ABSTRACT
Unhealthy lifestyles and living environments have led to a growing burden on healthcare services worldwide. To combat this, the World Health Organization has launched the Healthy Cities initiative, which aims to create a network of cities that promote holistic approaches to improving urban health, particularly the physical and social environments. With an estimated 68% of the world's population projected to be living in urban areas by 2050, the need for actions to improve the health of citizens in these areas has never been greater. With the advent of cutting-edge technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, medical devices, robotics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), creating innovative solutions to bring the concept of healthy cities to fruition is possible. The collaboration and integration of individuals, areas, organizations, specialties, and technologies are essential to creating a truly healthy city. This is collaboration in the context of healthy cities is the main scope of this chapter.
