Toolkit | 2016Action oriented
Healthy Community Implementation Toolbox
"Overview of how various policy tools (i e zoning codes, design guidelines, building codes etc) can be used to improve community health. Specific to Los Angeles but applicable in the more general context too. This resource can be useful for a wide variety of users that have the potential to address...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Urban Land Institute (ULI)
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
Evidence, Toolkit | 2015Action oriented
Building Healthy Places Toolkit
Resource and reference document providing specific evidence-supported design and programming recommendations that relate to health. The toolkit is useful for built environment professionals, developers and public health practitioners who are seeking to shape buildings and projects in ways that enhance...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: Center for Active Design, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Toolkit | 2015Action oriented | Descriptive resource
Healthy cities : good health is good politics : toolkit for local governments to support healthy urban development
This toolkit aims to highlight key considerations in applying the Healthy Cities approach and using it as a platform to achieve healthy urban development. It emphasizes key actions a city can take to protect and promote health. Each city should consider its local context and needs, and adopt what...
Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO WPRO
