| Foreword |
| Acknowledgement |
| Introduction |
| Part One Concepts, Principles, and Practice |
| 1 The Links Between Health and Urban Planning |
| The Concept of Health |
| The Effects of Urban Planning on Health |
| Twelve Key Health Objectives for Planners |
| The Need for Healthy Urban Planning |
| 2 The Healthy Cities Project and Urban Planning |
| Introduction |
| Health for All |
| Agenda 21 |
| Links between Health and Sustainable Development |
| WHO Healthy Cities Project |
| Conclusions |
| 3 Healthy Urban Planning in Practice- Experiences of Cities in the Healthy Cities Movement |
| Introduction |
| Survey of Cities Participating in the Second Phase of the WHO |
| European Network |
| Applying Healthy Cities Principles to Urban Planning |
| Developing the Concept of Healthy Urban Planning Cities |
| Conclusions |
| Part Two Guidelines for Healthy Urban Planning |
| 4 Settlements Planning: Making Towns and Cities Good Places to Live |
| Purpose and Scope |
| An Ecosystem Approach: Creating Settlements that Provide a Healthy Human Habitat |
| Agency Remits and the Need for Cooperation |
| A Strategic Planning Process: Collaborative, Systematic and Open |
| Strategies for Urban Form: Towards Integration, Regeneration and Concentration |
| Location of Jobs and Facilities: Planning for Mixed Use |
| Housing Quality, Diversity and Accessibility |
| Integrating, Equity and Environmental Quality in Transport Planning |
| Resource Planning to Reduce the Ecological Footprint and Improve Health |
| 5 Neighbourhood Planning: Counteracting the Trend Towards Placelessness and Virtual Communities |
| Introduction |
| Principles |
| Community Decision-Making |
| Ensuring Social Inclusion and Neighbourhood Diversity in Housing |
| Promoting Access to Local Facilities |
| Planning for Movement |
| Public Spaces and Open Spaces |
| Conclusions |
| 6 Assessing a Project |
| Introduction |
| The Process of Decision-Making |
| Choosing the Right Location |
| Site Assessment |
| The Development Proposal in Context |
| Buildings and Private Spaces |
| 7 Conclusions |
| References |
| Annex 1 Health21: Health for all Targets for the European Region |
| Annex 2 Cities Participating in the WHO European Healthy Cities Network in Phases I, II and III |
| Annex 3 Healthy Cities Project (1993-1997) |
| Index |
