7th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF-7)
The 7th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF-7) was held 4-11 April 2014 in Medellin, Colombia. During the Forum, the WHO Kobe Centre held two networking events:
- Health equity and sustainable urban development in the post-2015 development agenda – Second WHO-UN HABITAT joint report
- Healthy and equitable urban planning through intersectoral action.
WHO Kobe Centre (WKC) also shared Centre’s work through the exhibition space.
The World Urban Forum is organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT) every second year. WUF is a non-legislative technical forum to examine the most pressing issues facing the world today in the area of human settlements, including rapid urbanization and its impact on cities, communities, economies, climate change and policies. WKC has closely collaborated with UN-Habitat since 2010 and shares a joint agenda of urban issues.
WKC sessions at the 7th World Urban Forum
At the 7th World Urban Forum, WKC organized two networking events: “Healthy and equitable urban planning through intersectoral action” and “Health equity and sustainable urban development in the post-2015 development agenda – Second WHO-UN HABITAT joint report”.
Healthy and equitable urban planning through intersectoral action
8th April 2014, 8:30-10:00, One UN Room
Presenters of the session and links to the presentations:
- Suvi Huikuri, Technical Officer, WHO Kobe Centre, Japan: Healthy and equitable urban planning through intersectoral action for health
- Skye Duncan, Senior Urban Designer, New York City Department of City Planning, USA: Active design in New York City
- Bingqin Li, Associate Professor, Australian National University, Australia: Intersectoral collaboration and healthy urban planning in Jinchang, China: A case study
Health equity and sustainable urban development in the post-2015 development agenda
8th April 2014, 10:30–12:00, One UN Room
Links to the presentations: