PREHealth: Designing health into urban green and blue infrastructures – The need for action in planning, policies, and research. National Report Hungary.

The health condition of the Hungarian population, and the features of the physical activity (and inactivity) justify, how necessary it is to create measures, which can offer possibilities to increase the physical activity and active recreation. The following report will give a national overview. The health condition of the Hungarian population and the features of the physical activity will be shortly introduced. The national literature review also includes the presentation of those measures, which are able to encourage the physical activity in an urban environment; furthermore it reveals the connection between public spaces and health development. A chapter of the report will review the policy and practice documents of Győr, where the definition of public spaces, public parks and green areas will be also determined. Regarding the city, the importance of the health issues is presented, as well as those methods and tools, which aim to improve it. At the end of the report we will highlight the most important findings and give a basis for further discussion.