Healthy Cities and Communities Short Course

This four day interactive workshop is being hosted by the seven sponsoring organisations of Healthy Christchurch. The course provides a critical understanding of the concepts behind, and practices associated with, healthy urban planning based on the World Health Organisation’s Healthy Cities initiative.

Topics Covered

• The key concepts of healthy cities and community capital
• Community participation
• Maori urban planning concepts
• Intersectoral collaboration and integrated planning
• Health Impact Assessments
• The political arguments for sustaining a Healthy Cities approach
• Environmental sustainability and health promotion
• Project implementation