Unhabitat.org

Urban planning crucial for better public health in cities

WEBNew WHO and UN-HABITAT sourcebook guides health and planning practitioners on putting health at the heart of urban and territorial planning. …

Actived: 6 days ago

URL: https://unhabitat.org/news/20-may-2020/urban-planning-crucial-for-better-public-health-in-cities

Global Report on Urban Health; Equitable, Healthier Cities …

WEBThis timely report comes at a decisive moment in history where we can reshape urban environments and health systems for the majority of the world’s population that live in …

Category:  Health Go Health

Integrating health in urban and territorial planning: A …

WEBThis sourcebook aims to detail why health needs to be part of UTP and how to make this happen. It brings together two vital elements we need to build habitable cities on a …

Category:  Health Go Health

Urban Health UN-Habitat

WEBRapid urbanization and absence or inadequacy urban planning can lead to unhealthy environments which sustain infectious diseases (e.g. COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, …

Category:  Health Go Health

Integrating health in urban and territorial planning: why, …

WEBIt aims to guide urban leaders and decision-makers to plan and build cities with a focus on human and environmental health. The launch of the Sourcebook will be used to …

Category:  Health Go Health

Mark Nieuwenhuijsen WUF

WEBMark J Nieuwenhuijsen PhD is a world leading expert in environmental exposure assessment, epidemiology, and health risk/impact assessment with a strong focus and …

Category:  Health Go Health

Cities and Pandemics: Towards a more just, green and …

WEBThe 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 …

Category:  Health Go Health

Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green …

WEBvi | Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future We need to address systemic poverty and inequality in cities head-on, going back to housing, basic …

Category:  Health Go Health

UN-Habitat's COVID-19 Response Plan UN-Habitat

WEBUN-Habitat COVID-19 Policy and Programmatic Framework. UN-Habitat’s COVID-19 Policy and Programme Framework provides guidance for global, regional and country-level …

Category:  Health Go Health

International Healthy Cities Conference UN-Habitat

WEBThe movement represents one of the most enduring and thriving international public health initiatives. This Conference offers the opportunity to celebrate …

Category:  Health Go Health

World Health Summit UN-Habitat

WEBThe World Health Summit 2024 will bring together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the world to set the agenda for a healthier …

Category:  Health Go Health

LEVERAGING MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE APPROACHES TO …

WEBLEVERAGING MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE APPROACHES v TO PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY BOx 1 Programme for Developing Local Plans for Social Inclusion in Catalonia, …

Category:  Health Go Health

16th International Conference on Urban Health UN-Habitat

WEBPeople’s health and wellbeing are at the heart of any urbanization process and calls for innovative, integrative and intelligent transformations in all sectors of the urban system. …

Category:  Health Go Health

The challenges and solutions facing cities this decade

WEBNow what we have is a climate crisis, or a climate emergency. This is one of the areas that will affect cities more than anywhere else, because by 2050, around two …

Category:  Health Go Health

State of Addis Vol. II: Towards a Healthier City UN-Habitat

WEBThe '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 …

Category:  Health Go Health

Public Health and Sustainable Urban Futures

WEBC PT 2022 215 other disasters.16 These climate related risks translate to several significant urban health burdens that vary regionally and within cities (Chapter 5). Climate change …

Category:  Health Go Health

World Cities Report 2022

WEBWorld Cities Report 2022: Envisaging the Future of Cities seeks to provide greater clarity and insights into the future of cities based on existing trends, challenges and …

Category:  Health Go Health

UN-Habitat highlights critical need for urban transformation

WEBUN-Habitat highlights critical need for urban transformation: . + Download the response plan + View the COVID-19 Appeal + Join us. Home; news; un habitat …

Category:  Health Go Health

Housing UN-Habitat

WEBBy 2030, UN-Habitat estimates that 3 billion people, about 40 per cent of the world’s population, will need access to adequate housing. This translates into a demand …

Category:  Health Go Health