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James Stewart-Evans1, Caglar Koksal2, Michael Chang3
1Nottingham Centre for Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Abstract:
This Personal View considers the relationship between spatial planning and health and the potential benefits of requiring health net gain from land use decisions and new developments. We explore how a health net gain objective could be applied in spatial planning policy and practice to improve people's health and wellbeing, using England's implementation of a biodiversity net gain objective as a model. This Personal View emphasises the need for a systems approach to the definition and strategic coordination of health gains, recognising the breadth of health determinants and inter-related economic, environmental, and social policy objectives. By considering the potential application of a net gain principle to health in spatial planning, we offer valuable insights into how the spatial planning system could be used to build the conditions of health creation. A road map is provided for exploration of health net gain in other national contexts in support of the operationalisation of global urban health initiatives.
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