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Review on Healthy Urban Planning


Date of publication : (online) April 2008

Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) identified the urban environment as a key area for future policy development and intersectoral collaboration when it established the Healthy Cities project in the 1980s. This project is now in its fourth phase and healthy urban planning is identified as one of the key activities for participant cities. This review will provide a brief introduction to the modern development of the Healthy Cities approach and healthy urban planning and identify the key features and methods that need to be developed to make it successful.


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