Design Guide | 2015Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Global Public Space Toolkit: From Global Principles to Local Policies and Practice
The structure chosen for this work rests on three elements: why, what and how: the case for public space; goals, constraints, principles and policies; and turning good principles into actions. The toolkit has been designed to be available to all and easily accessible. The text is illustrated by brief...
Language(s): English; Spanish | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: UN-Habitat
Design Guide | 2015Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning
Sets out guiding principles for climate action planning on the city-level, along with guiding steps for the planning process and case examples. Fairly comprehensive and sets out examples related to both health and UTP, but is not focused on either. The Guiding Principles are aimed primarily at city-level...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: UN-Habitat
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
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)
Design Guide | 2013Descriptive resource
Turning spaces into places – handbook
The handbook outlines key underlying design characteristics of “good public places” by introducing some global concepts and local examples. It aims to stimulate discussion, generate ideas, collective thinking and raise awareness amongst decision-makers about placemaking versus space-maintaining....
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: UN-Habitat
