Evidence-informed urban health and sustainability governance in two Chinese cities.

ABSTRACT: Sustainable development is best supported by intersectoral policies informed by a range of evidence and knowledge types (e.g. scientific and lay). Given China's rapid urbanisation, scale and global importance in climate mitigation, this study investigates how evidence is perceived and used to inform urban health and sustainability policies at central and local levels. Well-informed senior professionals in government/scientific agencies (12 in Beijing and 11 in Ningbo) were interviewed. A thematic analysis is presented using deductive and inductive coding. Government agency participants described formal remits and processes determining the scope and use of evidence by different tiers of government. Academic evidence was influential when commissioned by government departments.

SUBMITTER: Pineo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612054 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature