“The Healthy Built Environments Program prepared a set of five fact sheets that summarise key points from a literature review. These are a set of briefings that show how to move from the evidence to potential planning policy statements. Fact Sheet 1: A guide to “Healthy Built Environments: A Review of the Literature” Fact Sheet […]
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The report seeks to address a gap in today’s research on stormwater management approaches. Although much has been written on the topic of green infrastructure and water management, most recent reports focus on stormwater policies or opportunities for capturing stormwater in the public realm. Fewer have focused on implications for private sector real estate developers.
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“Comprehensive briefing on urban planning for local authorities / mayors, looking at UTP to accomplish various goals. None specific to health, although health co-benefits are addressed. This resource aims to provide local leaders and decision makers with the tools to support urban planning good practice. It aims to inform leaders about the value that urban
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This document is part of WHO’s Health in the green economy series. It describes how many climate change measures can be “win-wins” for people and the planet. These policies can yield large, immediate public health benefits while reducing the upward trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions. The document is very comprehensive with case studies, and applicable
The Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) is a userfriendly guide for policy-makers and decision-makers at national and local levels to identify and analyse inequities in health between people living in various parts of cities or belonging to different socioeconomic groups within and across cities. The tool facilitates decisions on viable and
