Handbook of Health Impact Assessment.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cave, Ben.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Research handbooks on impact assessment.

Research handbooks on impact assessment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health risk assessment.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

This comprehensive Handbook explores the theory and practice of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) across diverse global contexts, emphasising how the field of public health is essential within the broader health system.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

List of contributors

Foreword Andrew L. Dannenberg

Acknowledgements

PART I: Background and context

Chapter 1: Health Impact Assessment: 30 years gone. 30 years to come

Chapter 2: Avoid the H word - what exactly is assessed?

Chapter 3: Does Health Impact Assessment struggle to have an impact?

PART II: Promotors and barriers for adoption of HIA

Chapter 4: Law, public health and Health Impact Assessment: time to recognise the crossover?

Chapter 5: The view of governments: institutionalising Health Impact Assessments in the Republic of Korea

Chapter 6: The view of International Financial Institutions on Health Impact Assessment

Chapter 7: Health Impact Assessment in energy companies

Chapter 8: The role of local communities in Health Impact Assessment

Chapter 9: Roles of academia in the development of Health Impact Assessment and health in environmental assessments - reflections on higher education teaching and research

Chapter 10: Health Impact Assessment in urban development in the United Kingdom: current and future pathways through complex systems of policy, law and practice

PART III: Constants of HIA - the technical process

Chapter 11: A walk through the steps of Health Impact Assessment

Chapter 12: Community participation in Health Impact Assessment

Chapter 13: Achieving best practice in Health Impact Assessment - how can Health Impact Assessment guidance support the principles and values?

Chapter 14: Competence and the development of competency frameworks in the field of Health Impact Assessment

Chapter 15: Equity and intersectionality in Health Impact Assessment: challenges and opportunities for practice

PART IV: HIA key applications

Chapter 16: Health Impact Assessment in the urban context.

Chapter 17: Health Impact Assessment on road infrastructure projects: current practice and way forward

Chapter 18: Health Impact Assessment in the extractive industries sector: history, practical experience and a best practice example from sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 19: Health Impact Assessment and Indigenous Peoples

Chapter 20: Quantitative, research-driven Health Impact Assessment of urban planning and transport policies

Chapter 21: Health Impact Assessment of sports mega-events

Chapter 22: The Metropolitan Land Use Plan as a tool for health promotion and sustainable development: the role of Health Impact Assessment in Québec City

PART V: Cross-cutting issues in HIA and methodological approaches

Chapter 23: Climate change and Health Impact Assessment

Chapter 24: One Health in impact assessment to tackle emerging infectious diseases and other threats

Chapter 25: Implementation of Health Impact Assessment in Québec: a history of collaboration between provincial, regional and local levels

Chapter 26: Psycho-social impacts and Health Impact Assessment

Chapter 27: Introduction to Quantitative Health Impact Assessment

Chapter 28: A One Health Approach to Risk Assessment

Chapter 29: How can AI enhance Health Impact Assessments?

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781035328611