Bentley Michael
School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management, Department of Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia.
Health Promot Int. 2007 Sep;22(3):246-53. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dam013. Epub 2007 Jun 1.
This paper reports results of a study that explored the relationship between the local environmental actions of Healthy Cities programs and the adverse health impacts of climate change. The analysis is primarily based on a limited literature review of climate change and health, with particular attention to the relationships between Healthy Cities and climate change, and on documentary analysis of information from organization reports and website content associated with Healthy Cities programs in Europe and Australia. Four semi-structured interviews with key people in two Healthy Cities programs in Europe and Australia were conducted to provide information to supplement and complement the published information and to verify theme identification. The main findings of this study are that, although there is no explicit connection between the local activities of Healthy Cities programs and the potential (or actual) adverse health impacts of climate change, Healthy Cities programs are involved in many local environmental actions and some of these actions, for example, those relating to improving air quality and reducing pollution, are linked implicitly to the health impacts of climate change. Through their local relationships and their participation in regional networks, Healthy Cities are able to make connections between local environmental actions and the health impacts of climate change. Furthermore, expanding Healthy Cities to include eco-social sustainability as a central aim not only has the potential to strengthen the links between local environmental actions and climate change, but also presents a relevant health development setting for exploring the social and environmental sustainability of cities.
本文报告了一项研究的结果，该研究探讨了健康城市项目的地方环境行动与气候变化对健康的不利影响之间的关系。分析主要基于对气候变化与健康的有限文献综述，特别关注健康城市与气候变化之间的关系，以及对来自欧洲和澳大利亚与健康城市项目相关的组织报告和网站内容的信息进行的文献分析。对欧洲和澳大利亚两个健康城市项目的关键人物进行了四次半结构化访谈，以提供信息来补充和完善已发表的信息，并验证主题识别。本研究的主要发现是，尽管健康城市项目的地方活动与气候变化对健康的潜在（或实际）不利影响之间没有明确联系，但健康城市项目参与了许多地方环境行动，其中一些行动，例如与改善空气质量和减少污染相关的行动，与气候变化对健康的影响存在隐含联系。通过其地方关系以及参与区域网络，健康城市能够在地方环境行动与气候变化对健康的影响之间建立联系。此外，将健康城市扩展到将生态社会可持续性作为核心目标，不仅有可能加强地方环境行动与气候变化之间的联系，而且为探索城市的社会和环境可持续性提供了一个相关的健康发展背景。
