Evidence, Self Audit | 2021
Tool for assessing determinants of health in public space
Tool that allows municipal technicians and project drafters to assess the determinants of health in proposals for the improvement or creation of new public spaces. ...
Language(s): EN, ES | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Diputació de Barcelona, ISGlobal
Evidence, Overview | 2021
The Global Health Cost of PM2.5 Air Pollution: A Case for Action Beyond 2021
The analytical work in this report builds on a growing body of evidence that the World Bank is building to better understand the linkages between air pollution and health, strengthen quantification of the health damage from air pollution, and support improved air quality monitoring and data in low-...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: WHO EURO
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
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
