INTEGRATING HEALTH IN URBAN AND TERRITORIAL PLANNING

DIRECTORY OF RESOURCES

This directory was conceptualized by UN-Habitat and WHO (Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health). It is an online repository of more than 150 open access resources and tools that provide information on the importance of planning and designing urban areas from a health perspective, as well as concrete guidance on how to do it.
It includes resources that describe the importance of considering health in urban and territorial planning, tools that quantify the health and socioeconomic impact of planning and designing urban areas from a health perspective, the description of successful initiatives, or training materials on urban planning and health, among others.

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Know Your City: community-driven data on slums

This tool has been developed by Slum Dwellers International, a network of community-based organizations of the urban poor in 32 countries and hundreds of cities and towns across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Know Your…

Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: Slum Dwellers International

Greening Dementia – a literature review of the benefits and barriers facing individuals living with dementia in accessing the natural environment and local greenspace

“Evidence suggests that social interaction and access to the outdoors and nature is important for people living with dementia and that these activities have an important role in their quality of life. Evidence of benefits…

Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: Clark, P., Mapes, N., Burt, J. & Preston, S. Natural England

Cities Alive: Designing for urban childhoods

This report highlights why and how city stakeholders should start to create child-friendly urban environments. It begins by highlighting the changing urban context, then sets out five core challenges of urban childhoods: traffic and pollution;…

Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: ARUP

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