Explaining our work and the implications for UK policy.
Intervention Areas
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Changing corporate mindsets for healthier urban development decision-making.
When speaking to decision-makers in urban development, they make two things clear: one, current thinking around urban development and how it is practiced is not well suited to respond to complex issues such as climate change and health crises; and two, very few people feel they have sufficient power to be able to bring health and health equity more centrally into their own professional practice.
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How value is considered and used in urban development with implications for the levelling up agenda.
Examining how value is considered and placed in the decision making process for urban development reveals who shapes the rationale. Where is the influence and how does this affect urban development? What does this mean for health in decision making processes?
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Revealing the health costs of the urban planning policy environment
The design and quality of city development can have a positive impact on the health, wellbeing and opportunities for communities.
Current development and planning policies are not managed in a way to address and promote health issues and inequalities. Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease or asthma account for 89 per cent of deaths in England and ill-health among working-age people is estimated to cost £150 billion a year.