Relationship-building around a policy decision-support tool for urban health.

ABSTRACT: Contemporary challenges linked to public health and climate change demand more effective decision-making and urban planning practices, in particular by taking greater account of evidence. In order to do this, trust-building relationships between scientists and urban practitioners through collaborative research programmes is required. Based on a policy-relevant research project, Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH), this project aims to support the transformation of cities to meet environmental imperatives and to improve health with a quantitative health impact assessment. A case study in Rennes, France, focuses on the role of a policy decision-support tool in the production and use of knowledge to support evidence-informed decision-making. Although the primary object

SUBMITTER: Deloly C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7611888 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature