Protecting health using an environmental impact assessment: A case study of San Francisco land use decisionmaking

被引：31

作者：

Bhatia, Rajiv

机构：

[1] San Francisco Dept Publ Hlth, San Francisco, CA USA

[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2007年 / 97卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.2105/AJPH.2005.073817

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Laws and regulations for an environmental impact assessment enable a health impact assessment whenever physical changes in the environment may significantly affect health. In this case study, I describe 2 instances in which a local public health agency used the procedural requirements for an environmental impact assessment to account for societal-level health determinants that are not traditionally evaluated in land-use decisions. These examples show that a public health critique can contribute both to the scope of analysis in an environmental impact assessment and to substantive changes in land-use decisions. I have evaluated this health appraisal approach as a form of a health impact assessment and will make recommendations for law, research, and practice that support its technical, cultural, and political feasibility.

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页码：406 / 413

页数：8