Influencing Urban Planning Policy: An Exploration from the Perspective of Public Health. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kent, Jennifer L.; Harris, Patrick; Sainsbury, Peter; Baum, Fran; McCue, Peter; Thompson, Susan
• Is Part Of: Urban policy and research. Volume 36:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 20
• Page End: 34
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Health -- built environment -- policy -- intersectoral action -- land use planning -- qualitative descriptive analysis; City planning -- Australia -- Periodicals; City planning -- New Zealand -- Periodicals; City planning -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; Urban policy -- Australia -- Periodicals; Urban policy -- New Zealand -- Periodicals; Urban policy -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; 307.7609905
• DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2017.1299704
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0811-1146

Abstract

Abstract: Human health requires the proper development and management of places through urban planning. This paper demonstrates how concerns for human health can become explicit matters for consideration in urban planning policy systems. Taking advantage of a rare opportunity to examine the policy development process, we combine a realist analysis, with a new institutional policy approach, to study a case of planning system review in Australia. These insights are useful for practitioners presented with similar opportunities for legislative influence. We also demonstrate the way this approach can be used in future research to develop rich insights into the forces at play in positioning health as explicitly related to urban governance.