Active Travel Strategy (22nd February 2010)
The Department of Health and Department for Transport have jointly published a new Active Travel Strategy. The strategy highlights plans to put walking and cycling at the heart of local transport and public health strategies over the next decade. The guiding principles for the strategy are that walking and cycling should be everyday ways of getting around – not just for their own sake but also because of what they can do to improve public health, tackle congestion, reduce carbon emissions and improve the local environment.
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Fairer contributions guidance: calculating an individual's contribution to their personal budget (14 July 2009)This guidance supplements the current fairer charging guidance. This new guidance provides councils with a model for calculating a person's contribution to their personal budget. Councils providing personal budgets should implement this section 7 guidance by March 2010.
Guidance Climate change and health: making the links (20th July 2009)The ancient Greeks and the Victorians both made the link between the environment and disease. In the 21st century, climate change poses the biggest threat to public health. Chief Executive of the UK Public Health Association, Angela Mawle, argues that local authorities are key to creating the right environment for the nation’s health.
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Health Risk Perception and Environmental Problems: Findings from 10 case studies in the North West of England (5th June 2009)This report is based on the findings from ten case studies in the north west of England. One of the most important findings is the important effect of risk perception on well-being.
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Health, Place and Nature: How outdoor environments influence health and well-being – A knowledge base (31st March 2008)
This research looks at the contribution of aspects of the outdoor environment, both natural and built, to health.
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UK Greenhouse gas emissions: measurement and reporting (15th March 2008)
The growing awareness of the challenge of climate change has led to much discussion in recent years of the need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (ghgs). There are many issues associated with this agenda, and the NAO has reported on two of them last year (the accuracy of emissions forecasting and the use of cost-effectiveness analysis). But the ability to measure and report ghg emissions accurately is a fundamental requirement underpinning any form of analysis and forecasting. This briefing, produced for the Environmental Audit Committee, aims to throw light on this process.
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