Vietnam Current Project Vietnam: Livable Cities Project HealthBridge Vietnam (HBV) focuses on making urban neighbourhoods more livable and conducive to healthy lifestyles. Its three main areas of work are access to parks and public spaces, access to healthy transportation, and protecting and preserving local public markets.
Hoi An, Vietnam Past Project Establishing Comprehensive Bicycle Plan and Free/low-cost Bicycle Sharing Program in Hoi An city, Vietnam A Livable Cities project that was designed to solve both road safety and public health issues by developing a comprehensive plan for green, sustainable transportation that focuses on cyclists in Hoi An, the World Heritage Site, in Vietnam.
Global Past Project COVID-Proofing Public Spaces The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed our relationship with our streets and public spaces. The imposed restriction on movement has been disrupting normal life. And, although these restrictions are absolutely necessary to prevent the worst public health outcomes from becoming a reality, it is nonetheless disproportionately hurting many of the communities in which we work.
Tan Mai ward, Hoang Mai district, Hanoi, Vietnam Past Project Redesigning an Open Street Market in Tan Mai Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam This was a Livable Cities project with the goal of improving the life quality of residents in Tan Mai ward and livelihoods of female vendors through redesigning and improving an open street market.
Tan Mai ward, Hanoi, Vietnam Past Project Low-cost, Safe, Inclusive and Accessible Neighbourhood Public Spaces in Tan Mai Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam This was a Livable Cities project that demonstrated how a variety of small interventions can create better quality public spaces.
Wekanda, Colombo, Sri Lanka Past Project Mapping People’s Spaces in Colombo for a community driven creation of a livable city Apart from sexy taglines used by different political regimes to make Colombo a world class city, the city cannot provide formal housing for 50% of its population. They live in self built settlements and enormously cater to the smooth functioning of the city on everyday basis.
Bhopal, India Past Project India: Bhopal Livable Cities HealthBridge partner New Life Development Socieity is focusing on improving public spaces and encouraging urban agriculture in Bhopal, India.
Accra, Ghana; Niamey, Niger; Kampala, Uganda; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Calicut, India, Kochi, India, HoiAn, Vietnam, São Pualo, Brazil Past Project Street, Market, and Open Public Spaces Implementation Projects
Hanoi, Mexico, Montreal and Paris Past Project Transformative Youth Public Spaces in Hanoi Mexico Montreal and Paris "Transformative Youth Public Spaces in Hanoi Mexico Montreal and Paris" is a collaborative research project that will comparatively examine how youth use physical and digital public spaces and the consequences on regulation and governance.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Past Project Traffic Safety in Ho Chi Minh City In 2015, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) was selected for the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS). HCMC will receive support from the World Resource Institute (WRI) for a period of 5 years (2015-2019) on key road safety initiatives, spanning road engineering, traffic enforcement, crash data management, road safety communication.
Accra, Ghana; Niamey, Niger; Kampala, Uganda Past Project Creating Great Public Spaces in Three African Cities HealthBridge implemented pilot public space projects in three African cities to create improved local policies, plans and designs for safe, inclusive and accessible public spaces.
