International perspective on health impact assessment in urban settings
Salim Vohra
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A Centre for Health Impact Assessment, Institute of Occupational Medicine, UK
B Email: salim.vohra@iom-world.org
NSW Public Health Bulletin 18(10) 152-154 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB07085
Published: 26 September 2007
Abstract
Health impact assessment is being used to support and deliver healthy and sustainable communities in major urban areas around the world. This article discusses some of the latest international developments in the use of health impact assessment in urban settings: in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. It outlines the implications of this work and describes some of the challenges facing practitioners in predicting health impacts and providing solutions to protecting and enhancing health and wellbeing in urban settings.
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