Understanding how to create healthier places: a qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making

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Le Gouais, A., Bates, G., Callway, R., Kwon, H.R., Montel, L., Peake-Jones, S., White, J., Hasan, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-9307-1769, Koksal, C., Barnfield, A., Bondy, K. and Ayres, S., 2023. Understanding how to create healthier places: a qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making. Health and Place, 81: 103023. ISSN 1353-8292

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103023

Abstract

Tackling complex system challenges like creating healthy environments requires understanding priorities and structures affecting multiple actors. This qualitative study, involving 132 multi-sectoral stakeholders spanning the urban development decision-making system, explores how to influence healthier place-making. Using thematic analysis we develop themes around competing stakeholder priorities; structural ‘rules’ and influential relationships; and justifying a focus on health, requiring greater clarity and consensus around definitions of ‘healthy’ urban development. Building on the socio-ecological model we highlight how a multi-faceted approach is required for change at multiple levels in the complex system to target individual actor motivations, organisational priorities and structural ‘rules’.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

Health and Place

Creators:

Le Gouais, A., Bates, G., Callway, R., Kwon, H.R., Montel, L., Peake-Jones, S., White, J., Hasan, M.N., Koksal, C., Barnfield, A., Bondy, K. and Ayres, S.

Publisher:

Elsevier BV

Date:

May 2023

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ISSN:

1353-8292

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