Healthy Cities and Urban Policy Research

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of tables, figures and boxes......Page 6
Notes on contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
Development of Healthy Cities and need for research......Page 12
The third phase (1998  2002) of the Healthy Cities  Project in Europe......Page 21
Healthy Cities Project in the Western Pacific......Page 32
Health and sustainability gains from urban  regeneration and development......Page 52
Analysis of health determinants for Healthy  Cities programmes: health profiles and indicators......Page 70
Indicators for Healthy Cities: tools for  evidence-based urban policy formation......Page 87
The effectiveness of community-based health  promotion in Healthy Cities programmes......Page 115
Applicability of information technologies for health......Page 142
Nurturing Healthy Cities: research responsibility  and accountability......Page 149
Examples of research activities for Healthy Cities......Page 173
Baseline data in ASEAN member countries......Page 201
Country and city experiences in Healthy Cities......Page 233
Index......Page 316