Insight
The Five Stages of Opposing Health in New Developments
Over the last 20 years of doing Health Impact Assessment, and Healthy Urban Design, there is still resistance to health being considered routinely. For many developer and proponent clients, it continues to be not at the heart of what they do or want to do.
HIA: A global perspective
Health impact assessment (HIA) has really come of age and gone global. There are exciting developments occurring, at policy and project levels, in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Middles East, North America and South America. In all of these regions there are at least two countries that have developed national and local level guidance on HIA practice.
Bring Neighbours With You
Everybody needs good neighbours, and in the eyes of most, the Ramsay Street idyll does not include a waste facility. Siting, planning and operating these facilities in most areas is guaranteed to generate community concern. Health, the local environment and quality of life are issues which come up time and again when communities speak out.
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