Directory for integrating health in urban & territorial planning: An overview
Background Document
30 March 2023
| Technical document
Overview
The directory for integrating health in urban and territorial planning (UTP) is an online repository of open access resources and tools that provide information about the importance of planning and designing urban areas from a health perspective, as well as concrete guidance on how to do it.
It includes resources that describe the importance of considering health in UTP, tools that quantify the health and/or socioeconomic impact of planning and designing urban areas from a health perspective, the description of successful initiatives, or training materials on urban planning and health, among others.
WHO Team
Air quality and health
Editors
WHO & UN-Habitat
Number of pages
4
Copyright
© Un-Habitat and World Health Organization, 2023