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PODCASTS ADDED
Podcast: Podcast: Barbara Israel: Community Engagement in Policy making and Planning
Podcast: Podcast: Christine Jacobson, Senior Policy Analyst, Porirua City Council
Podcast: Barbara Israel and Christine Jacobson: Questions and answers
Community Engagement in Policy making and Planning:
Prof Barbara Israel, DrPH, MPH, Professor Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan has published widely in the areas of: the social and physical environmental determinants of health and health inequalities; the relationship among stress, social support, control and physical and mental health; community empowerment and health; and community-based participatory research (CBPR). She has extensive experience conducting community-based participatory research in collaboration with partners in diverse communities. Since 1995, she has worked together with academic and community partners to establish and maintain the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center, initially funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Israel is actively involved in several of these CBPR projects examining and addressing, for example, the social and physical environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease, the environmental triggers of childhood asthma, access to food and physical activity spaces, diabetes management and prevention, and capacity building for and translating research findings into policy change
Christine Jacobson is a Senior Policy Analyst, Porirua City Council.
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Themes and streams
1. A vision for the future of public health: for projects or work that suggest new ways of working in public health or successful models of intervention.
2. Sustainable communities and environments: for projects or work that suggest ways of sustaining strong communities and safe environments.
3. Diversity: for projects or activities that reflect health development issues for specific communities or groups of people.
More details available on the website
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Last night’s episode of ‘Hindsight’ on TV 7 explored the The Super City: A look at the never-ending expansion of Auckland over the years.
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The aim of this report is to provide reflections on research which investigated the synergies between the Natural Sustainable Framework employed in Sweden’s Eco-municipalities with a tangata whenua view of natural sustainability in the urban environment. The research found that there are fundamental connections between the different world views. In the first instance, the overarching high level principles both agree that the ecosystem is governed by natural laws which we cannot change. People can learn about these laws and can change societal laws according to the laws of nature. Sustainable development is about discovering the rules and principles for society where it can have a sustainable relationship with the ecosystem to meet human need….
10 September 2010 – 7:11 pm
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PODCASTS NOW AVAILABLE:
Podcast: Julie Anne Genter (Quicktime movie, 63 MB)
Podcast: Angus HUlme-Moir (Quicktime movie, 40 MB)
Podcast: Philip King (Quicktime movie, 41 MB)
Julie Anne Genter is a consultant for McCormick Rankin Cagney and a specialist in parking management reform. She has worked with cities in New Zealand and Australia, and presented the new parking paradigm at numerous conferences, seminars and events.
Angus Hulme-Moir has recently completed his master’s degree in environmental studies at Victoria University on the topic of the role that parking policy can play in achieving sustainable transport goals. Angus was a New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities Scholarship recipient in 2009.
Philip King, Hamilton City Council, Access Hamilton Coordinator. His role is the face of ‘active travel’ for the council, and invovled construction of the city cycle network, improvements for pedestrians, promotion of walking and cycling using the media and websites, and trying to understand and help with resident’s concerns and fears about being on foot or bike. He is also working to deliver national and local strategies to do what we can to increase levels of sustainable travel and at the same time reduce accidents., air pollution and congestion.
PDF Julie Anne Genter Presentation
PDF Angus Hulme-Moir Presentation
August, 11:30 -1:00pm
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Media Release: Select Committee rebalances Auckland’s spatial plan
The Select Committee reported back on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill today.
“EDS is delighted that the Select Committee has recommended a more balanced approach to Auckland’s spatial plan” said EDS Senior Policy Analyst Raewyn Peart today. Read More »
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If you’ve been following the media but haven’t seen the actual Bill, here’s the Bills Digest
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