Design Guide | 2018Action oriented
Introducing the Assembly: Civic Design Guidelines
"A design guide for creating well-designed and well-maintained public spaces as a force for building trust and healing divisions in local communities. The Assembly Guidelines capture the culmination of four years of research and collaboration—with input from 200+ studies, 50+ cities, and dozens...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Center for Active Design
Design Guide | 2018Descriptive resource
Streets for walking and cycling: designing for safety, accessibility, and comfort in African cities
The guide emphasizes designing for safety, accessibility and comfort in African cities. These cities are fundamentally walking and cycling cities, but often lack the infrastructure and design to make these activities safe and comfortable. This design book provides detailed guidance on how to address...
Language(s): English; French; Arabic | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: UN-Habitat/Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
Design Guide | 2017Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Cities Alive: Designing for urban childhoods
This report highlights why and how city stakeholders should start to create child-friendly urban environments. It begins by highlighting the changing urban context, then sets out five core challenges of urban childhoods: traffic and pollution; high-rise living and urban sprawl; crime, social fears...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: ARUP
Design Guide | 2016Descriptive resource
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 is the result of a 2-year project that involved partnerships with...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Briefing, Design Guide | 2016Descriptive resource
Noncommunicable diseases: what municipal authorities, local governments and ministries responsible for urban planning need to know
A short advocacy briefing focusing on addressing NCDs through urban planning. Good for dealing with a broad range of health challenges and widely applicable cities at any stage of development. Support for HiAP and SDG approaches. Useful for municipal authorities, local governments and ministries responsible...
Language(s): English; Spanish; French; Chinese; Arabic; Russian | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO & UNDP
