Health impact assessment : principles and practice /

Birley, Martin H.,

Health impact assessment : principles and practice / Martin Birley. - 1st ed. - London : Earthscan, 2011. - 1 online resource (401 p.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/amref/detail.action?docID=1051808

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


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Environmental health.
Health risk assessment.
Environmental impact analysis.
Medical policy.

RA565 / .B57 2011

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