Briefing | 2016Descriptive resource
Health risk assessment of air pollution – general principles.
Important for UTP, the document looks at the policy implications of the assessment. An air pollution health risk assessment (AP-HRA) estimates the health impact to be expected from measures that affect air quality, in different socioeconomic, environmental, and policy circumstances. As such, it is...
Language(s): EN, RS | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO EURO
Overview | 2016Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Health as the pulse of the new urban agenda: United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development, Quito, October 2016
This report considers how to integrate health into urban planning, investments, and policy decisions, so as to support the implementation and achievement of the goals and objectives of the New Urban Agenda. Two core themes run throughout this report. First, to realize Habitat III’s collective vision...
Language(s): EN, CN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO
Evidence | 2016Descriptive resource
Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: A Global Assessment of the Burden of Disease from Environmental Risks
"This report presents a wide-ranging assessment and detailed findings to show by how much and in what ways improving the environment can promote health and well-being. This study provides an approximate estimate of how much disease can be prevented by reducing the environmental risks to health. It...
Language(s): EN, Other | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO
Toolkit | 2015Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Gentrification & Neighborhood change. Helpful Tools for Communities
This toolkit argues that it is possible to have development without displacement and shows how to achieve this. Published as a supplement to The socioeconomic change of Chicago’s community areas (1970–2010), the toolkit presents strategies for addressing the pressures of gentrification in a community...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: NP Voorhees, University of Illinois at Chicago
Toolkit | 2015Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Measuring the age-friendliness of cities: a guide to using core indicators
The tool is based on the perspectives and inputs of older people, care givers and service providers collected in 33 cities across all six WHO regions: Africa, Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, South-East Asia and Western Pacific. The publication focuses on eight key domains of urban life that...
Language(s): EN, ES, FRE, CN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO
