Place Standard Tool

Tools to incorporate the health perspective in municipal actions

NHS Health Scotland, the Scottish Government, and Architecture & Design Scotland

Link to the resource: https://www.ourplace.scot/About-Place-Standard

Format:: Web application

Target population:: General population, children and adolescents

Objetive:: To assess the quality of a public space, whether existing or planned, from multiple perspectives relevant to the health and well-being of communities.

Methodology:

It consists of a questionnaire with 14 questions on different topics, covering the physical and social elements of a place.

Respondents are asked to rate each question on a scale of 1 to 7 and can add information on current positive aspects, as well as ideas on how the place could be improved in the future.

A guide is provided for workshops, walkabouts, and on-site data collection.

This complements the questionnaire, to work collaboratively on the improvement of a place.

The tool is designed so that different groups can use it: the community, the public sector, the third sector (voluntary and non-profit organisations) and the private sector.

The resulting diagram is intuitive, showing on a single spider graph areas in which the space is satisfactory, and areas in which it can be improved.

Opportunities and limitations:

Simple applicability to different types of spaces, both pre- and post-intervention.

Different projects can be evaluated and compared with the current state of the space.

There are several adapted versions of the tool with a focus on: climate, air quality, the design of spaces, children and adolescents.

Although it addresses multiple dimensions of a neighbourhood or study space, it does not go into depth on any of them.

Indicators:

Ease of walking through the public space.
Perception of public transport.
Perception of security in the public space.
Accessibility to green spaces and other basic services.
Job, volunteering or training opportunities.
Satisfaction with housing.

Thematic:: Housing and neighbourhood communities Public space Green infrastructure Mobility and accessibility Equipment and services Cohesion and social capital

Link to health:: Physical Mental Social

Scale of the field of study:: Housing / street / building / bounded public space Block - set of buildings or spaces Neighbourhood (or higher)

Implementation phase:: Diagnosis / pre-project Monitoring and evaluation

Methodological approach:: Questionnaire

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