Evidence, Initiative | 2010Descriptive resource
Integrating Health Impact Assessment in Urban Design and Planning: The Manukau Experience
This paper explores how a HIA process was used to forge closer links between health and urban design agendas in Manukau City.The case study reveals many common interests among public health and urban designers/planners, and also reveals how a public health-oriented approach was able to engage people...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Country | Author/Publisher: Ministry of Health, New Zealand
Evidence, Overview | 2023
Air Quality in African Cities
This report contains a comparative analysis of five African cities in terms of their air pollution problem, as well as their attempts to manage and improve air quality. Also included is an analysis of the impact of counter measures to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 in those cities, and the impact...
Language(s): ENG | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: UN Habitat
| 2022
Global framework for the response to malaria in urban areas
This framework supports the control and elimination of malaria in urban environments. It provides guidance for city leaders, health programmes and urban planners as they respond to the challenges of rapid urbanization. The framework was developed as part of a Memorandum of Understanding between WHO...
Language(s): ENG | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: WHO
Evidence, Overview | 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future
The UN-Habitat’s Report on Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future presents an analysis of the situation of the COVID-19 in cities and urban areas after one year since the declaration of pandemic and outlines a range of bold measures that could deliver a lasting and sustainable...
Language(s): ENG | Geographic Scope: Global | Author/Publisher: UN Habitat
Evidence, Overview | 2021
The State of Addis Ababa: Towards a Healthier city
The 'State of Addis Vol. II: Toward a healthier city' was written by an international multidisciplinary team, as the pandemic was unfolding. The report assesses the relationship between urban form and function and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Addis Ababa. It explores what is meant by a healthy...
Language(s): ENG | Geographic Scope: Country | Author/Publisher: UN Habitat
