Balancing urban green space benefits and vector-borne disease risk under climate change: Critical decision-making for 21st century public health

Authors: Mark Ferguson*, Joanne K. Garrett*, Barbara Tschirren, Benedict W. Wheeler, Alexander G. C. Vaux, Cornelia Guell, Jolyon M. Medlock, Camille Bonneaud, Timothy J. Taylor, Gesche M. Huebner, *Joint first authors

Conclusion

Healthy, resilient and biodiverse ecosystems are fundamental to human health and societal wellbeing, yet broad environmental changes are increasingly altering ecosystem services and vector-borne disease dynamics. To maintain benefits from urban green spaces around climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation and enhancement, and human wellbeing while minimising unintended health costs and wider societal risks, proactive planning is required now.