Handbook of health impact assessment /

" 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. It outlines the role of HIA in cultivating and enabling the policy integrati...

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Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing
Other Authors: Cave, Ben (Editor), Viliani, Francesca (Editor), Winkler, Mirko S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2026]
Series:Research handbooks on impact assessment.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Background and context
  • Health Impact Assessment : 30 years gone, 30 years to come / Ben Cave, Francesca Viliani and Mirko S. Winkler
  • Avoid the H word : what exactly is assessed? / Evelyne de Leeuw
  • Does Health Impact Assessment struggle to have an impact? / John Boswell, Paul Cairney and Katie Hirono
  • Part II: Promotors and barriers for adoption of HIA
  • Law, public health and Health Impact Assessment : time to recognise the crossover? / Safura Abdool Karim, Petronell Kruger and Ben Cave
  • The view of governments : institutionalising Health Impact Assessments in the Republic of Korea / Jinhee Kim
  • The view of International Financial Institutions on Health Impact Assessment / Mariana Ruiz Alvarado
  • Health Impact Assessment in energy companies / Delya Sommerville and Yina Xiao
  • The role of local communities in Health Impact Assessment / Philippe Hanna, Flávio Wiik and Marcia Grisotti
  • Roles of academia in the development of Health Impact Assessment and health in environmental assessments : reflections on higher education teaching and research / Thomas B. Fischer and Gabriel Gulis
  • Health Impact Assessment in urban development in the United Kingdom : current and future pathways through complex systems of policy, law and practice / Daniel Black, Michael Chang and Ed Kirton-Darling
  • Part III: Constants of HIA : the technical process
  • A walk through the steps of Health Impact Assessment / Ryngan Pyper and Ben Cave
  • Community participation in Health Impact Assessment / Brigit Staatsen, Janneke Elberse and Lea den Broeder
  • Achieving best practice in Health Impact Assessment : how can Health Impact Assessment guidance support the principles and values? / Margaret J. Douglas, Ros McDermott, Fiona Haigh and Liz Green
  • Competence and the development of competency frameworks in the field of Health Impact Assessment / Liz Green, Kathryn Ashton, Martin Birley, Piedad Martin-Olmedo and Luciana Costa
  • Equity and intersectionality in Health Impact Assessment : challenges and opportunities for practice / Katie Hirono, Marcus Chilaka and Fiona Haigh
  • Part IV: HIA key applications
  • Health Impact Assessment in the urban context / Simone Georges El Khouri Miraglia and Karina Camasmie Abe
  • Health Impact Assessment on road infrastructure projects: current practice and way forward / Guilhem Dardier, Derek P.T.H. Christie, Jean Simos, Nicola Cantoreggi, Anne Roué Le Gall and Françoise Jabot
  • Health Impact Assessment in the extractive industries sector : history, practical experience and a best practice example from sub-Saharan Africa / Astrid M. Knoblauch, Gary R. Krieger, Mark J. Divall and Mirko S. Winkler
  • Health Impact Assessment and Indigenous Peoples / Christa Meuter, Bernie Elkins, Laura Jokinen and Janis Shandro
  • Quantitative, research-driven Health Impact Assessment of urban planning and transport policies / Natalie Mueller, Tamara Iungman, Sasha Khomenko, Evelise Pereira Barboza, Meelan Thondoo, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen and Carolyn Daher
  • Health Impact Assessment of sports mega-events / Julien Forbat, Muriel Dubreuil, Nicola Cantoreggi, Céline Legout, Derek P.T.H. Christie and Jean Simos
  • The Metropolitan Land Use Plan as a tool for health promotion and sustainable development : the role of Health Impact Assessment in Québec City / Alexandre Lebel, Louis-Étienne Pigeon, Émile Tremblay and Thierno Diallo
  • Part V: Cross-cutting issues in HIA and methodological approaches
  • Climate change and Health Impact Assessment / Ivan C. Hanigan and Aditya Vyas
  • One Health in impact assessment to tackle emerging infectious diseases and other threats / Catherine Machalaba, Paula Ribeiro Prist [and seven others]
  • Implementation of Health Impact Assessment in Québec : a history of collaboration between provincial, regional and local levels / Émile Tremblay, Marc Lemire, Alexandre Lebel, Geneviève Lapointe and Thierno Diallo
  • Psycho-social impacts and Health Impact Assessment / Michael R. Edelstein, Sérgio Moreira, Helen Ross and Will Rifkin
  • Introduction to Quantitative Health Impact Assessment / Davide Rasella, Daniella Medeiros Cavalcanti, Andréa Ferreira da Silva [and four others]
  • A One Health Approach to Risk Assessment / Sharon Calvin
  • How can AI enhance Health Impact Assessments? / Silviu-Vlad Pirvu, Wai Pan Stephen Law, Thais Russomano and Valentina Cavanna.