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Healthy urban planning in European cities.

Barton, Hugh; Grant, Marcus; Mitcham, Claire; Tsourou, Catherine

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Hugh Barton

Marcus Grant

Claire Mitcham

Catherine Tsourou



Abstract

This article describes the WHO 'healthy urban planning' (HUP) initiative as it has developed through the laboratory of the Healthy Cities movement and evaluates the degree to which applicant cities successfully developed plans for HUP. The paper provides a brief historical perspective on the relationship of health and planning and an overview of the ways in which urban spatial development affects health. It then turns to the WHO European Healthy Cities Network (WHO-EHCN) and explains the evolution of the HUP programme through Phase III (1998-2002) of the Healthy Cities Project, showing how the programme has grown from experimental beginnings to being 'mainstreamed' in Phase IV (2003-2008). Each city wishing to join the WHO-EHCN in this latter phase produced a programme for further development of HUP, and these were assessed by the Bristol Collaborating Centre. The paper presents the overall results, concluding that a significant progress has been made and the most advanced cities have much to offer municipalities everywhere in the best practice for integrating health into urban planning.

Citation

Barton, H., Grant, M., Mitcham, C., & Tsourou, C. (2009). Healthy urban planning in European cities. Health Promotion International, 24 Suppl 1(1), i91-i99. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dap059

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2009
Deposit Date Jun 30, 2010
Publicly Available Date Feb 22, 2016
Journal Health promotion international
Print ISSN 0957-4824
Electronic ISSN 1460-2245
Publisher Oxford University Press (OUP)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 24 Suppl 1
Issue 1
Pages i91-i99
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dap059
Keywords healthy cities, urban planning, healthy environment
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/990785
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dap059

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