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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 car dependency; optimize use of land and provide an interconnected network of streets which facilitate safe, efficient and pleasant […]

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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, cycling and aerobics. It started as

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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 mapping. It covers: basic infrastructure provision, e.g. water supply, sanitation, drainage; land allocation

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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 resource is useful for local government agencies in

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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 or opportunities for capturing stormwater in the public realm. Fewer have focused on implications for private sector real estate developers.

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