Evidence, Initiative, Training, Web Resource | Action oriented
Building with Nature
UK initiative aiming to encourage green infrastructure and wildlife protection through standards for new developments comes with a user guide that aims to support developers and policy makers. It gives out accreditation to new developments that align with these voluntary standards. ...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Country | Author/Publisher: Urban LBuilding with natureand Institute (ULI)
Evidence, Video, Web Resource | Descriptive resource
5 Keys to Healthier Cities
"Our health - and that of our planet - depends on how cities are designed. Urban life poses challenges that push us to rethink how we plan urban environments. The #CitiesWeWant are cities designed for people: places where we can live well and be healthy. In this interactive report ISGlobal researchers...
Language(s): English; Spanish; Other | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
Evidence | Descriptive resource
Global report on urban health: equitable healthier cities for sustainable development
"In 2010, at the dawn of this urban world, we published our first joint global report on urban health titled Hidden cities: unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings. The global community was not only waking up to this new demographic reality and the consequent implications for...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO & UN-Habitat
Evidence, Toolkit | 2022Descriptive resource
WHO Urban Health Initiative in Accra, Ghana: summary of project results
This report summarizes project results from the pilot in the city of Accra (Ghana) to address air pollution and related health effects. It provides guidance and available tools that can be adapted to similar initiatives around the world to assess the health impacts of air pollution, promote policies...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: WHO
Evidence, Toolkit | 2021Action oriented
WHO global air quality guidelines: particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide
The overall objective of the updated global guidelines is to offer quantitative health-based recommendations for air quality management, expressed as long- or short-term concentrations for a number of key air pollutants. The main groups of users of this guideline are policy-makers, lawmakers and technical...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO
