Resources

This report sets out that resilience starts with the home, its design and its context. Flexible space is needed in all homes as they increasingly become places of work

The Royal Society for Public Health has produced an evidence-based tool to help communities across the country measure and improve their community spirit.

This NHS Health Scotland (now Public Health Scotland) briefing focuses on the role that good-quality housing can play in improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities.

RTPI paper setting out that planning is critical to promoting healthy cities, and that health and wellbeing need to be at the core of how we design and develop cities.

This briefing paper presents the findings from a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Glasgow.

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.

This document recognises 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.