Healthy Urban Development - Tools and instruments as guides for health services when commenting on development policies, plans and proposals - Einzelansicht

This course is designed to acquaint students with the principles of health assessment tools and to provide field-level examples of instruments which support an engagement between urban planners, developers and health professionals. During the course a review of tools used by health professionals and urban developers will be carried out by the students. Furthermore, the students will work in small groups in order to develop a pilot study for testing and implementation of such a tool. 

Upon completion of the course, students

• will have enhanced knowledge and understanding of
  • key principles which promote health and wellbeing in urban systems
  • health effects of the urban development policy, plan or proposal
  • in-depth knowledge about the concept of health indicators
  • indicator analysis
  • tools/instruments for reviewing and commenting on development plans
• will Possess practical skills to
  • assess the availability of health data on neighborhood and community level ascertain time and cost when using an assessment instrument in geographically restricted regions

develop a pilot study for implementing an assessment tool (identification of suitable partners, quartiers, etc.)

This course takes place: 22.1.14; 29.1.14, 5.2.14; 26.2.14; 5.3.14; 12.3.14; Time schedule: between 9:30-10:15 Uhr (lecture) and  10:30-12:15 (excercise)

Adress: Colonia Haus, Zweigertstr. 37, 45130 Essen,3. Obergeschoss, Großer Seminarraum (3.05).

For registration please send an Email to susanne.moebus@uk-essen.de.

This course is also offered as part of the Masters Programme "Sustainabale Urban Technologies" (Module 8A)