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The aforementioned findings show that public health is highly interrelated with resilience and,
in terms of location, with city resilience. Some of the models examined in Table 1 measure city
resilience with several indicators, which are aggregated in the social, economic, institutional, physical
and natural dimensions 4,57 . The social dimension addresses health and well-being issues to minimize
human vulnerability and to effectively safeguard human health and life. In this regard, a standard of
living, which goes beyond mere survival, is necessary and must be accompanied by the existence of
integrated health facilities and services as well as responsive emergency services. These frameworks
recognize the importance of learning and future planning to ensure that public health practices
− such as prevention through education − are appropriate for the social and physical context of a
given city. Additionally, a diverse network of medical practitioners and facilities in cities can ensure
the availability of additional resources (redundancy) that can be deployed immediately in case of
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public health emergencies . The indicators that measure how resilient a city is in terms of health
include:

a. Public health systems
b. Quality healthcare

c. Medical care

d. Emergency responses

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