Briefing | 2014Descriptive resource
A new strategy of sustainable neighbourhood planning: Five Principles
In supporting sustainable neighbourhoods, these principles seek to: promote high-density urban growth, alleviate urban sprawl and maximize land efficiency; promote sustainable, diversified, socially equal and thriving communities in economically viable ways; encourage walkable neighbourhoods and reduce...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: UN-Habitat
Initiative | 2014Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Ciclovia Recreativa in Latin America and Open Streets in South Africa.
What started as an initiative in Bogotá, Colombia, then spread to hundreds of towns and cities in many countries. The activity is a time-limited period (weekly and/or on major public holidays) when specific major roads are closed to traffic so that residents have the space for jogging, running, skating,...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Ciclovía Recreativa/Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Design Guide, Overview | 2014Descriptive resource
Streets as tools for urban transformation in slums: A street-led approach to citywide slum upgrading
The focus is on the streets and urban layout of settlements, as the drivers of transformation and regeneration. It reviews citizens’ involvement in participatory planning and re-emphasises the importance of mapping through participatory enumeration and locally acceptable forms of social and physical...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: UN-Habitat
Toolkit | 2014Action oriented
The Urban Health Index: A handbook for its calculation and use
In depth guide to statistical calculations for Urban Health Index and the reasoning behind them. Subtitled 'A VERSATILE APPROACH TO MEASURING AND MAPPING HEALTH INEQUALITIES'. The UHI provides a flexible approach to selection, amalgamation, and presentation of health data. Its purpose is to furnish...
Language(s): EN, Others | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO
Design Guide | 2014Descriptive resource
Providing health intelligence to meet local needs: a practical guide to serving local and urban communities through public health observatories
This practical guide makes the case for the use of local public health observatories. It goes through key considerations for developing one, as well as ways to ensure effective functioning. It includes successful case studies of the London Health Observatory and the City of Juárez Observatory. The...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO Centre for Health Development (Kobe Japan)
