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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Building Healthy Corridors: Transforming Urban and Suburban Arterials into Thriving Places
This guide explores strategies for transforming commercial corridors (through roads dominated by commercial premises on each side), into places that support the health of the people who live, work and travel along them. This report…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Building Healthy Places Toolkit
Resource and reference document providing specific evidence-supported design and programming recommendations that relate to health. The toolkit is useful for built environment professionals, developers and public health practitioners who are seeking to shape buildings and…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Center for Active Design, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Air pollution and health: an introduction for health workers
All health workers would benefit from gaining knowledge and skills to protect individuals and communities from air pollution exposure. This course examines the main health impacts of air pollution and which roles health workers can…
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
Housing: shared interests in health and development
“By providing information on other sectors’ agendas and policy approaches, and their health impacts, and by illustrating areas for potential collaboration, the Social Determinants of Health Sectoral Briefing Series (the Series) aims to encourage more…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO
Ten Principles for Building Healthy Places
The report seeks to address a gap in today’s research on stormwater management approaches. Although much has been written on the topic of green infrastructure and water management, most recent reports focus on stormwater policies…
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Urban Land Institute (ULI)
City Prosperity Initiative
UN-Habitat’s City Prosperity Initiative is a global initiative that has been applied in over 400 cities across the world. It provides an innovative approach to urban measurements and assists decision-makers to design clear policy interventions….
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: UN-Habitat
Health as the pulse of the new urban agenda: United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development, Quito, October 2016
This report considers how to integrate health into urban planning, investments, and policy decisions, so as to support the implementation and achievement of the goals and objectives of the New Urban Agenda. Two core themes…
Language(s): EN, CN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO
RICH Food, Smart City: How Building Reliable, Inclusive, Competitive, and Healthy Food Systems is Smart Policy for Urban Asia
Rich Food, Smart City provides new insights into the status of urban food policy and governance across Asian cities of all sizes and offers concrete illustrations of the many policies and programs that Asia’s cities…
Language(s): EN, Other | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: World Bank
Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: A Global Assessment of the Burden of Disease from Environmental Risks
“This report presents a wide-ranging assessment and detailed findings to show by how much and in what ways improving the environment can promote health and well-being. This study provides an approximate estimate of how much…
Language(s): EN, Other | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO