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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462267203321

Autore

Birley Martin H.

Titolo

Health impact assessment : principles and practice / / Martin Birley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Earthscan, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-71658-5

1-84977-707-1

1-136-76444-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

362.196/98

Soggetti

Environmental health

Health risk assessment

Environmental impact analysis

Medical policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Health and its determinants -- History of HIA -- HIA management -- Methods and tools -- Baseline report -- Prioritization -- Recommendations and management plan -- Water resource development -- Extractive industries -- Housing and spatial planning -- Current and future challenges -- Sources of further informat.

Sommario/riassunto

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is primarily concerned with the future consequences of plans, proposals and policies on the health of communities. It is a rapidly growing complement to Environmental Impact Assessment, increasingly mandated by national and international requirements. Guidelines have been produced by many national and international organizations and it is being introduced in a number of undergraduate or postgraduate university curricula. However, there has been until now no broad-based, introductory text of international scope to the subject, suitable for both these courses an