The Healthy Cities Index is a nationwide initiative that presents the approach of Polish cities to issues related not only to health, but to the well-being of their residents in general. The publication is a collection of information about the investments and activities undertaken by local governments that create an increasingly sustainable urban space. Thanks to the analysis, local governments can verify the practices they are implementing and see their real impact on residents' quality of life. The cities were reassessed in eight categories: health, population, municipal and social services, education, housing, environment, infrastructure and space.
Main category broken down into smaller and larger cities
A novelty, introduced to the list in this year's edition, is the division in the main category into cities below 300,000 residents and those above that number. Among cities with a population of less than 300,000, the laurel of the winner went to Sopot. Tri-City Gdynia came in second place, and Subcarpathian Rzeszow was third. Among the large agglomerations, a surprise - it is Poznan that is the city with the best life. On the podium, next to the capital of Greater Poland, was Warsaw, which stood on the first place of the podium a year ago. Gdansk came in third place.
We are committed to making the Healthy Cities Index a point of reference and inspiration for local governments, residents and researchers. It was created to change cities, to support their development so that we all simply live better in them. I hope that the data we cite in the report will be a kind of inspiration for local governments as to how and in which direction to improve in order to take care of the well-being of residents.
Anna Rulkiewicz, initiator of the Index, member of the program council of the ...
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