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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Hush City App
Hush City is a mobile phone application that can be used by citizens to analyse and construct a local sound map with decibel levels and photos to identify, access and evaluate “everyday quiet areas” in…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Hush City
The Human Rights in Cities. Handbook Series: Volume I: The Human Rights-Based Approach to Housing and Slum Upgrading
The Handbook advocates for the use of the Human Rights Based Approach in preventive measures (such as the provision of new housing stock and policy) as well as curative interventions (such as the upgrading of…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: UN-Habitat
Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment
The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available WHO and other United Nations (UN) guidance for improving health by creating healthier environments. It provides an overview and easy access of 500 actions, and a framework…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO
Mapping the Municipal Planning Process in Ontario: Opportunities for Public Health Input
This report is intended as a tool to guide public health units in Ontairo and assist them in achieving community designs that ensure the protection and promotion of health. Although the report focuses on public…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: The Centre for Active Transportation/ Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
Health and Environment Country Scorecards
The Health and environment scorecards aim to provide a quick snapshot of where countries stand on managing six major environmental threats to health: air pollution, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), climate change, exposure to chemicals,…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO
Personal interventions and risk communication on air pollution
WHO convened an expert consultation of an extended group of experts from various regions and from governments, nongovernmental organizations and academia. This report summarizes the results of the expert consultation. The objectives of the consultation…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO
The Built Environment: Understanding how physical environments influence the health and well-being of First Nations peoples living on-reserve
This study provides an overview of the role played by Indigenous design knowledge in community planning. In addition, the paper explores and compiles what is known about the built environment influences the health and well-being…
Language(s): EN, FR | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health
WHO global air quality guidelines: particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide
The overall objective of the updated global guidelines is to offer quantitative health-based recommendations for air quality management, expressed as long- or short-term concentrations for a number of key air pollutants. The main groups of…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO
Greening Buildings for Healthier People
This report identifies building-scale opportunities to simultaneously and cost-effectively accelerate action on climate change and health, maximize their co-benefits, and manage any tensions between them. The audience includes developers, owners, and operators, but tenants can…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: ULI
Urban mobility plans. National approaches and local practice. Moving towards strategic, sustainable and inclusive urban transport planning. Sustainable urban transport technical document #13.
Urban mobility plans are used as a planning tool and policy instrument to guide the development of transport in urban areas and surroundings. This document reviews urban mobility planning from several countries, showing a shift…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: ITDP, GIZ