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 new public health movement in the 1980s. It was highly attractive to local political leaders; inspiring a wide range of […]
Checklist for healthy urban development, specifically to ensure new developments are in line with London policy requirements and standards. This resource can be useful for many actors: public health leads and health organisations, public health and environmental health professionals, neighbourhood forums, community groups and housing associations.
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“The Healthy Streets Approach provides the framework of policies and strategies we will put in place to achieve this. At a street level, direct investment in our walking, cycling and public transport infrastructure is vital to providing a safer, easier, cleaner and more appealing environment for everyone to enjoy. At a network level, we must
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 is the result of a 2-year project that involved partnerships with four communities in the USA that are working to
A handbook based on lessons learned from existing age-friendly initiatives in Europe. It builds on relevant locally and regionally developed tools that are now available, with evidence from research. The handbook links actions to create more age-friendly environments to the broader context of European health and social policies for ageing populations. There is a focus
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