Evidence, Initiative | 2017Descriptive resource
Spatial Planning for Health: An Evidence Resource for Planning and Designing Healthier Places
The review identifies, critically appraises and summarizes existing review-level evidence of associations between the built and natural environment and health outcomes. The review is centred on five aspects of the built and natural environment: neighbourhood design, housing, healthier food, natural...
Language(s): English | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Public Health England
Briefing, Evidence, Web Resource | 2017Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Generating better evidence for sustainable development research and evaluation
IIED is developing a body of work that seeks to understand how to develop better evidence for sustainable development research and evaluation. A group of IIED researchers and evaluators have explored how methodological innovations and time-tested approaches may contribute to better evidence for sustainable...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Evidence | 2017Descriptive resource
India’s peri-urban frontier: rural-urban transformations and food security
In this working paper, we examine rural-urban transformations in India in relation to changes in food production, access, consumption, nutritional quality and safety. We demonstrate how efforts to address malnutrition in India are decoupled from urban development initiatives and associated areas of...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Country | Author/Publisher: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Briefing, Evidence | 2017Descriptive resource
Towards More Physical Activity in Cities: Transforming public spaces to promote physical activity — a key contributor to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe
"This publication focuses on physical activity and how it can be supported through urban planning. The focus on physical activity is explained by the fact that inactivity today accounts for an increasing proportion of deaths and disability worldwide and is associated with significant health care...
Language(s): English; Russian | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: WHO
Evidence | 2016Descriptive resource
Urban green spaces and health - a review of evidence
This report summarizes the available evidence of beneficial effects of urban green spaces, such as improved mental health, reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes, and improved pregnancy outcomes. Mechanisms leading to these health benefits include psychological...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO EURO
