Evidence | 2018Descriptive resource
The Built Environment: Understanding how physical environments influence the health and well-being of First Nations peoples living on-reserve
This study provides an overview of the role played by Indigenous design knowledge in community planning. In addition, the paper explores and compiles what is known about the built environment influences the health and well-being of First Nations reserve communities. Through five areas—housing, water...
Language(s): EN, FR | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health
Design Guide, Evidence, Overview | 2021Action oriented | Descriptive resource
RICH Food, Smart City: How Building Reliable, Inclusive, Competitive, and Healthy Food Systems is Smart Policy for Urban Asia
Rich Food, Smart City provides new insights into the status of urban food policy and governance across Asian cities of all sizes and offers concrete illustrations of the many policies and programs that Asia’s cities can learn from and implement to improve food system outcomes. It argues that to effectively...
Language(s): EN, Other | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: World Bank
Briefing, Design Guide, Evidence, Toolkit | 2020Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing Excessive Urban Heat—With a Focus on Passive Measures
Cities are getting hotter as a result of growing urbanization and global climate change. The negative impacts of temperature increases are significant and touch nearly every aspect of urban life. Protecting populations from extreme heat is one of the key resiliency and sustainability challenges of the...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: World Bank
Evidence, Overview, Toolkit, Training, Web Resource | Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Planning for Health: Resources for Practitioners
This webpage provides a list of resources for public health practitioners who are interested in further exploring tools, knowledges, and skills that will assist them in incorporating health in the process of urban and territorial planning. The webpage divides the resources into 5 sections, each expliciting...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: The Centre for Active Transportation/ Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
Evidence, Overview, Toolkit | 2019Descriptive resource
Planning for Health: Promising Practices for Healthy Built Environments in Ontario's Public Health Units
This report acts as both a toolkit as well as a compilation of evidence that display how the promising practices of public health units' role in community design process have led to the achivement of better health outcomes. The paper demonstrates the relationship between the built environment's impacts...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: The Centre for Active Transportation/ Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
