Barton, H, 2017. City of Well-Being: A radical guide to planning, (London: Routledge).
Barton, H, Thompson, SM, Burgess S & Grant, M (Eds) 2015.
The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-Being: Shaping a sustainable and healthy future (London: Routledge).
Dannenberg, A.L, Frumkin, H. & Jackson, R.J. (Eds) 2011, Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Well-being and Sustainability, Island Press, USA Kent, J.L & Thompson, S. 2019, Planning Australia’s Healthy Built Environments (New York: Routledge).

The Challenge

Cancer Council NSW
Cancer Institute NSW
Skin Cancer Statistics Animation
UV Radiation and how it damages your skin

Prevention

Preventing skin cancer
Cancer Institute NSW information on the importance of built and natural shade in protecting against over-exposure to UV radiation and skin cancer
Protect your skin in 5 ways
Forty years of Slip! Slop! Slap! A call to action for skin cancer prevention
PHRP: Integrating shade prevention into the healthy built environment agenda: the approach taken in NSW, Australia 

Healthy Built Environment

Healthy Built Environment Checklist
Australian Heart Foundation’s Healthy Active by Design: a practical set of resources and guide that offers evidence, advice and examples to assist with the development of healthy and active neighbourhoods
Government Architect NSW’s integrated design policy for the built environment of NSW
Cancer Council – Shade website (include co-benefits of shade info sheet)
Cancer Institute NSW – planning for shade: Cancer Institute NSW links to many resources regarding the importance of built and natural shade, and how to make policy, plan for and design better quality shade
Greener Spaces. Better Places: a movement that “brings together community, growers, government, business, and everyday people to make our homes, streets, and suburbs the greenest in the world”. Contains links to resources relating to urban canopy cover across Australia, and how to design greener spaces in the built environment.
Healthy Built Environments Program at City Futures Research Centre: UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
New Planner ‘Healthy Built Environments’ Column: the full collection of articles regarding ‘Healthy Built Environments’, authored by Prof Susan Thompson et al in the Planning Institute of Australia NSW’s journal ‘New Planner’ from 2010-2021.

The Lancet Commissions

A series of reports published by The Lancet on planetary health and human health 2015
The Lancet Planetary Health (open access journal) 2010-present
Cities & Health (some open access articles) 

Shade - a planning and design priority
NSW Cancer Council 'Guidelines to Shade'
Street tree planting design manual
‘The shady side of solar protection’
Short video - The UV index explained

Short video - What are UPF and SPF?

Short video - Shade design: positioning shade

Short video - Shade design: UV, climate and comfort

Short video - Introduction to shade design for UV protection

Cancer Institute NSW, 2016. ‘How schools, councils, community groups and sporting organisations created shade: 10 case studies'

Playground & Schools Links and References

Pfautsch S., Wujeska-Krause A., 2021. ‘Guide to climate-smart playgrounds – research findings and application’
Pfautsch S., Wujeska-Krause A., Walters J., 2022. Outdoor playgrounds and climate change: Importance of surface materials and shade to extend play time and prevent burn injuries
Cancer Institute Research Study
Literature review: Benchmarking shade in NSW playgrounds: A review for the Cancer Institute NSW. Queensland University of Technology, 2021
Anderson C, Jackson K, Egger S, Chapman K, Rock V. 2014. ‘Shade in urban playgrounds in Sydney and inequities in availability for those living in lower socioeconomic areas’
Cooling the Commons - Outdoor play areas
Sebastien Pfautsch, Guide to Climate-Smart Playgrounds: Research Findings and Application Cumberland Research Project 
Action Tool: Benchmarking shade in NSW playgrounds
Benchmarking in Playgrounds - Literature Review
Benchmarking Shade in NSW Playgrounds - Cancer Institute webpage
Summary Report of Benchmarking Shade in NSW Playgrounds

Heat and Shade in Urban Environments

Short video: 'Hot in the City' - Gardening Australia
Western Sydney University Articles:
Benchmarking Heat in Parramatta, Campbelltown, Cumberland Council, Penrith, 
The Impact of Surface Canopy and Tree Cover on Air Temperature in Western Sydney
Benchmarking Tree Canopy in Sydney's Hot Schools
School Microclimates
Climate-smart Playgrounds
Cool Schools
Despicable Urban Places: Hot Carparks
Cool Roads Trial 2021
The best urban trees for daytime cooling leave nights slightly warmer
Geo Location website to map the sun

Comprehensive Resources for Planning and Designing Shade

Cancer Institute NSW - Helpful Shade Resources
Cancer Council NSW - Shade and UV main page
Guidelines to Shade: a practical guide to shade development in NSW (Cancer Council NSW, 2013)

NSW Councils' Strategic Documents

NSW Office of Local Government - Community Strategic Plans and Integrated Planning and Reporting 
Orange Community Strategic Plan
Local Strategic Planning Statements (LSPS) page - Department of Planning & Environment
NSW Government Planning Portal
Shade and UV Inclusion in NSW Local Government Planning Policy: Jan Fallding for Cancer Institute NSW
Lismore City Council Community Sun Protection Policy and Strategy
Boroondara (VIC) Shade Policy

Other Shade Planning Resources

Government Architect NSW 
Draft Greener Places Design Guide (Government Architect NSW)

Shade Resources from other States

Municipal Association of Victoria / Sunsmart / Victorian Government– shade design advice re physical structures, natural shade and shade sails 
Shade Design for Public Places - Selecting appropriate, innovative and cost effective shade measures (Municipal Association of Victoria, undated
Shade: A Resource for Local Government (Municipal Association of Victoria, undated) 
Queensland University of Technology. Creating Shade at Public Facilities - Policy and Guidelines for Local Government (Second Edition)  

Planning approval pathways and planning legislation & requirements 

Planning approval pathways – Department Planning & Environment
State Environmental Planning Policies – Department Planning & Environment
Regional metropolitan planning: Greater Sydney Region Plan
District Plans and the Greater Cities Commission 
Regional Planning  – Department Planning & Environment
Local Environmental Plans
Development Control Plans: All NSW councils’ DCPs 

Planning for Urban Tree Canopy

Urban Tree Canopy Targets and development controls report  - by  Gallagher Studio with Studio Zanardo for NSW DPIE 

Shade Structures and Performance

Research-backed UV Smart Cool Playground Open for Play - Western Sydney University News
Alfresco Shade Website

Shade Providion - Safety through Design - Kidsafe Resources

Kidsafe NSW Playground Information Sheets
Kidsafe Accredited Training
Kidsafe NSW Inspection Services and Review of Plans

Design Tools and Shade Modelling

Ladybug Tools - Free apps that support environmental design and application
Wallacei - Evolutionary simulation engine
Philipp Galvan YouTube Tutorials
Energy Plus Weather Files - Interactive weather map

Scope and Procurement

An Ultraviole(n)t Border by Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller
Irradiated Shade, Mapping, Modeling, and Measuring Urban UVB Exposure by Stephen Mueller, Texas Tech University
Mackay, C. (2006). Towards a safe sun-bathing canopy. The 23rd Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. (pp. 581-586). Geneva, Switzerland.
Mackay, C. (2003). Designing safe & comfortable outdoor living spaces. Proceedings of 20th International Conference. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. (pp. 321-325). Santiago, Chile.
Mackay, C A. (2006). Design of UV protective spaces. UV radiation and its effects - an update 2006. The Royal Society of New Zealand. RSNZ Miscellaneous Series 68. (pp. 58-59). Wellington, New Zealand.
Mackay, C A. (2002). Sunshade Practice in New Zealand Primary Schools, UV Radiation and its effects - an update 2002. Proceedings on a workshop held 26-28 March, 2002, Christchurch New Zealand. Royal Society of New Zealand. Royal Society of New Zealand miscellaneous series 60. (pp. 112-114). Wellington, New Zealand.

Bespoke Shade Design

Paperbark Playspace by Phillips Marler - 2020 AILA National Landscape Architecture Award for Play Spaces
Audley Dance Hall and Ironbark Flat Restoration by Phillips Marler - 2016 AILA NSW Award of Excellence for Cultural Heritage

Super-cooling Materials

Cooling the cities–a review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments - Western M Santamouris, Solar energy 103, 682-703 Sydney University New
Energy and climate in the urban built environment - M Santamouris, Routledge 
Using advanced cool materials in the urban built environment to mitigate heat islands and improve thermal comfort conditions - M Santamouris, A Synnefa, T Karlessi, Solar energy 85 (12), 3085-3102
On the development, optical properties and thermal performance of cool colored coatings for the urban environment - A Synnefa, M Santamouris, K Apostolakis, Solar energy 81 (4), 488-497