Initiative, Overview | 2017Descriptive resource
City leadership for health and sustainable development: Critical issues for successful Healthy Cities projects
The booklet provides an overview of the content, principles, goals and critical factors for the success of Healthy Cities projects in the 21st century. The Healthy Cities movement was launched at the peak of the new public health movement in the 1980s. It was highly attractive to local political leaders;...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Tsourous A., Global Healthy Cities
Initiative, Overview | 2017Descriptive resource
Healthy Streets for London: Prioritising walking, cycling and public transport to create a healthy city
"The Healthy Streets Approach provides the framework of policies and strategies we will put in place to achieve this. At a street level, direct investment in our walking, cycling and public transport infrastructure is vital to providing a safer, easier, cleaner and more appealing environment for everyone...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Transport for London
Overview, Toolkit | 2016Action oriented
Creating age-friendly environments in Europe. A tool for policy-makers and planners
A handbook based on lessons learned from existing age-friendly initiatives in Europe. It builds on relevant locally and regionally developed tools that are now available, with evidence from research. The handbook links actions to create more age-friendly environments to the broader context of European...
Language(s): EN, Other | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: WHO EURO
Overview | 2016Descriptive resource
Regional framework for urban health in the Western Pacific 2016-2020: Healthy and resilient cities
Moves Healthy Cities from a settings to systems approach. Acknowledges the role of built environment and the urban planned environment in health outcomes. Useful for national and local governments. ...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Regional | Author/Publisher: WHO WPRO
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
