Healthy Urban Development
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| Background | Planning Systems | Health & Urban Development | Guiding Principles of the Checklist | |||
| Given the increased recognition of the influence of the built environment on health, health services across NSW have been exploring ways to more actively engage in the urban planning and development process...more |
Planning systems include issues such as environmental design, sustainability and social context. Good planning helps create communities that offer better choices for where and how people live...more |
Health professionals recognise the importance of the built environment indirectly affecting people's health and the central role that planners play in providing environments that support healthy behaviour...more | Four key principles guide the development and implementation of the Healthy Urban Development Checklist: equity, early engagement, interdependence, and building partnerships...more |