Urban governance and the systems approach to health/environment co-benefits in cities

Puppim de Oliveira, José A., Doll, Christopher, Siri, José G., Dreyfus, Magali, Farzaneh, Hooman and Capon, Anthony G., (2015). Urban governance and the systems approach to health/environment co-benefits in cities. Cadernos de Saude Publica, 31(1), 25-38

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    Author Puppim de Oliveira, José A.
    Doll, Christopher
    Siri, José G.
    Dreyfus, Magali
    Farzaneh, Hooman
    Capon, Anthony G.
    Title Urban governance and the systems approach to health/environment co-benefits in cities
    Appearing in Cadernos de Saude Publica   Check publisher's open access policy
    Volume 31
    Issue No. 1
    Publication Date 2015-11
    Place of Publication Rio de Janeiro
    Publisher SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online
    Start page 25
    End page 38
    Language eng
    Abstract The term “co-benefits” refers to positive outcomes accruing from a policy beyond the intended outcome, often or usually in other sectors. In the urban context, policies implemented in particular sectors (such as transport, energy or waste) often generate multiple co-benefits in other areas. Such benefits may be related to the reduction of local or global environmental impacts and also extend into the area of public health. A key to identifying and realising co-benefits is the adoption of systems approaches to understand inter-sectoral linkages and, in particular, the translation of this understanding to improved sector-specific and city governance. This paper reviews a range of policies which can yield health and climate co-benefits across different urban sectors and illustrates, through a series of cases, how taking a systems approach can lead to innovations in urban governance which aid the development of healthy and sustainable cities.
    Keyword Public Policies
    Health Impact Assessment
    Urban Health
    Copyright Holder The Authors
    Copyright Year 2015
    Copyright type Creative commons
    ISSN 1678-4464
    DOI 10.1590/0102-311X00010015
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