Urban Planners

International Guidelines on Urban Territorial Planning: Report 2018-2020 – Implementing the International Guidelines on Urban Territorial Planning 2018-2020

Although this document provides a broad guidelline on urban territorial planning, the report also contains a chapter on the importance of health integration as part of urban planning. The authors explicitly delineate how the health is collated within the guideline and also provide the readers a case-study of a participatory approach to building a coalition […]

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Implementing the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning for improved health and well-being

This report collates the suggestions put forth by various urban health organizations on how to organize coordinated actions to incorporate health actors and implications in urban planning and development. The report emphasizes on the importance of adopting a systems approach to understanding urban-health challenges and provides examples of pilot projects which display evidence of urban

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Healthy Places Policy Toolkit

This webpage provides a list of resources that introduces and assists readers in understanding policies, engagement activities, advocacy approaches and supporting information for creating healthy places. Although the resources listed are targetted towards a Canadian population, the explicit inclusion of health as a lens in community planning towards a more health and equitable community design

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Health economic assessment tool (HEAT) for walking and for cycling: Methods and user guide on physical activity, air pollution, injuries and carbon impact assessments

This guide provides an introduction to health economic assessment tool (HEAT) for walking and cycling. HEAT is an assessment tool which allows actors to perform economic evaluation of health effects of cycling and walking. In addition to the introduction and guidance on the usage of HEAT, the manual also provides evidence on the impact walking

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Greening Buildings for Healthier People

This report identifies building-scale opportunities to simultaneously and cost-effectively accelerate action on climate change and health, maximize their co-benefits, and manage any tensions between them. The audience includes developers, owners, and operators, but tenants can also use this report to learn about these strategies and advocate for them in their buildings, and architects can make

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