Resources

A report on Improving Health Outcomes Through Placemaking.

This umbrella review provides an overview of the evidence for links between the built and natural environment and health, setting out neighbourhood design and features which can support health.

These documents recognise that to deliver on the Scottish Government’s purpose, themes, and national outcomes there is a need for greater connections around how the physical environment influences health.

This review published by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health summarises the main ways in which built environment features and neighbourhood characteristics can impact on health and wellbeing.

WHO Healthy Cities is a global movement working to put health high on the social, economic and political agenda of city governments.

This document sets a vision for how the Place Standard tool can build on its successes to date and support place-based working across Scotland.