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Healthy and Sustainable Places Health and wellbeing stakeholder engagement event July 2013

Healthy and Sustainable Places Health and wellbeing stakeholder engagement event July 2013. Bruce Laurence Director of Public Health Bath and North East Somerset. We know it when we see it…. And when we don’t. History. 2500 BCE Indus Valley civilization.

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Healthy and Sustainable Places Health and wellbeing stakeholder engagement event July 2013

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  1. Healthy and Sustainable PlacesHealth and wellbeing stakeholder engagement event July 2013 Bruce Laurence Director of Public Health Bath and North East Somerset

  2. We know it when we see it…

  3. And when we don’t.

  4. History • 2500 BCE Indus Valley civilization. • Evidence of advanced urban planning including flush toilets, covered sewers, careful spatial plans, ?public baths, egalitarian housing. • 1860’s • Massive public health investment in Victorian England. 1867 Reform Act, improved capital markets, common interests of capital and labour, Chadwick and Dickens: the power of persuasion. • 1980s • Healthy cities. Bring “Ottawa” on to the streets. A new linkage of planning and health.

  5. 12 objectives for health and urban (and rural) planning

  6. And in Bath… • Sense of community depends on the preservation of heritage and uniqueness • Future of community demands forward-looking use of modern solutions • Issues around transport, air pollution, affordable housing.

  7. Most important areas of cooperation • Land use and transport planning, linking the location of housing, employment and facilities with a strategy for transport • Strategies for social services, embracing the forward planning for social housing, health, education, open spaces • Economic regeneration strategies, so that economic development and urban regeneration programmes are mechanisms for implementing a healthy planning strategy. Riverside • Integrated transport strategy, incorporating road policies, car parking, public transport planning and operations, cycling and walking. (bike-rail, park and ride, multiuse roads) • Integrated resource planning for energy, water, food, waste etc

  8. Process is as important as objectives • Negotiate clear goals and purpose of the plan – agencies should consult widely with partners, public and politicians. Putting the health of the public as a central objective. • Establish the baseline by creating a city health profile which incorporates baseline social, health, economic and environmental conditions. This will provide an opportunity to recognize problems and obtain agreement on important issues. JSNA • Scope and explore options – scoping and policy development is an ongoing process. Alternative options. Health impact assessment of options. • Evaluate and refine policies – openly, explicitly and transparently to maintain support. Balance the quantitative and qualitative, and group interests. • Coordinate implementation – using whatever powers are available.

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