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For these reasons, the tool is currently under review in order to update and improve
its criteria and the performance scales by means of a project of two years (2018–
2020) entitled “Urban Health: good practices for health impact assessment of urban
and environmental redevelopment and regeneration interventions.” funded by the
CCM, as previously mentioned.
The research team is coordinated by the Lombardy region (national proponent)
and involves four Italian regions: Lombardy (LHA of Bergamo and ABC Department of the Politecnico di Milano); Piedmont (LHA3 of Turin and SCaDU, the
regional epidemiology unit); Tuscany (LHA of Tuscany Nord Ovest); Apulia (LHA
of Taranto).
The current review will foster the possibility of applying the tool from a local to
a national level, and to increase public awareness regarding the connection between
Public Health and urban quality according to the Urban Health strategy.
4 Conclusions
The review process both highlights the responsiveness of the evaluation tool to the
current Urban Health issues and strengthens the effectiveness of the assessment
process. Thus, in light of the most recent goals and requirements (D’Alessandro
et al. 2015, 2016) the criteria review will provide several possibilities to expand the
influence of the urban quality assessment tool from the local to national scale.
Furthermore, the overall contribution of the instrument includes, as one of its
main objectives, increasing public awareness about the link between urban quality
and Public Health, fostering the opportunities for a more effective relationship and
training among designers (urban planners and architects) and Public Health professionals. Indeed, the instrument aims to be adopted both for supporting the assessment
task of technicians of the LHA and as a guide for designers and planners in the design
of interventions concerning social and healthy environments. The project funded by
CCM2017, therefore, could be the opportunity to demonstrate new insights from the
current review of the tool.
References
Active Living Research. (2015). Promoting activity-friendly communities. Active living research
(pp. 3–7). San Diego, CA, USA.
Bouyssou, D., Marchant, T., Pirlot, M., Perny, P., Tsoukias, A., & Vincke, P. (2000). Evaluation
and decision models: A critical perspective (Vol. 32). Springer Science & Business Media.
Capasso, L., Faggioli, A., Rebecchi, A., Capolongo, S., Gaeta, M., Appolloni, L., et al. (2018).
Hygienic and sanitary aspects in urban planning: Contradiction in national and local urban legislation regarding public health. Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, 42(1), 60–64. https://doi.org/10.
19191/EP18.1.P060.016.
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For these reasons, the tool is currently under review in order to update and improve
its criteria and the performance scales by means of a project of two years (2018–
2020) entitled “Urban Health: good practices for health impact assessment of urban
and environmental redevelopment and regeneration interventions.” funded by the
CCM, as previously mentioned.
The research team is coordinated by the Lombardy region (national proponent)
and involves four Italian regions: Lombardy (LHA of Bergamo and ABC Department of the Politecnico di Milano); Piedmont (LHA3 of Turin and SCaDU, the
regional epidemiology unit); Tuscany (LHA of Tuscany Nord Ovest); Apulia (LHA
of Taranto).
The current review will foster the possibility of applying the tool from a local to
a national level, and to increase public awareness regarding the connection between
Public Health and urban quality according to the Urban Health strategy.
4 Conclusions
The review process both highlights the responsiveness of the evaluation tool to the
current Urban Health issues and strengthens the effectiveness of the assessment
process. Thus, in light of the most recent goals and requirements (D’Alessandro
et al. 2015, 2016) the criteria review will provide several possibilities to expand the
influence of the urban quality assessment tool from the local to national scale.
Furthermore, the overall contribution of the instrument includes, as one of its
main objectives, increasing public awareness about the link between urban quality
and Public Health, fostering the opportunities for a more effective relationship and
training among designers (urban planners and architects) and Public Health professionals. Indeed, the instrument aims to be adopted both for supporting the assessment
task of technicians of the LHA and as a guide for designers and planners in the design
of interventions concerning social and healthy environments. The project funded by
CCM2017, therefore, could be the opportunity to demonstrate new insights from the
current review of the tool.
References
Active Living Research. (2015). Promoting activity-friendly communities. Active living research
(pp. 3–7). San Diego, CA, USA.
Bouyssou, D., Marchant, T., Pirlot, M., Perny, P., Tsoukias, A., & Vincke, P. (2000). Evaluation
and decision models: A critical perspective (Vol. 32). Springer Science & Business Media.
Capasso, L., Faggioli, A., Rebecchi, A., Capolongo, S., Gaeta, M., Appolloni, L., et al. (2018).
Hygienic and sanitary aspects in urban planning: Contradiction in national and local urban legislation regarding public health. Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, 42(1), 60–64. https://doi.org/10.
19191/EP18.1.P060.016.