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
Connectivity for Human Capital: Realizing the Right to Education and Healthcare through Improved Public Transport in African Cities
The analytical outputs aim to ultimately inform the design of urban transport operations that are sufficiently tailored to realize the rights to education and healthcare by marginalized groups, with the intended long-term outcomes of improved…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: World Bank
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
Can urban regeneration improve health resilience in a changing climate? Lessons from Indonesia
“Solid background and foundation lessons for practitioners: * Assessment of the extent that urban regeneration, in particular housing for low-income groups, is being considered as an adaptation option in Indonesian cities * Exploration of the…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Rukuh Setiadi and Johanna Na. Asian Cities Climate Resilience
A Practical Guide to Designing, Planning, and Executing Citywide Slum Upgrading Programmes
This guide for citywide slum upgrading and local projects provides a comprehensive manual with tips and tools from practical experience. It is an accessible tool for practitioners, leading them through UN-Habitat steps towards a successful…
Language(s): EN, FR | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: UN-Habitat
Tracking urban health policies: a conceptual framework with special focus on air pollution in African cities
This is a guide for establishing and developing urban primary health centers (UPHCs) according to India’s National Health Mission framework, and using public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements with nongovernment organizations. It can be used by all…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: WHO
Inclusive Healthy Places: A Guide to Inclusion & Health in Public Space: Learning Globally to Transform Locally
A participatory tool for evaluating and creating inclusive, healthy public places that support health equity. This framework supports inclusion to advance health equity through public spaces. The framework is built around four guiding principles for…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: Gehl Institute
Spatial Planning for Health: An Evidence Resource for Planning and Designing Healthier Places
The review identifies, critically appraises and summarizes existing review-level evidence of associations between the built and natural environment and health outcomes. The review is centred on five aspects of the built and natural environment: neighbourhood…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Public Health 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
City leadership for health and sustainable development: Critical issues for successful Healthy Cities projects
The booklet provides an overview of the content, principles, goals and critical factors for the success of Healthy Cities projects in the 21st century. The Healthy Cities movement was launched at the peak of the…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Tsourous A., Global Healthy Cities