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Addressing health challenges: the role of urban planning and design (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2015, October). Addressing health challenges: the role of urban planning and design. Presented at The National Urban Design Conference 2015 - Bristol. Development, Design and Profit in C21. How developers and society can profit from well designed towns and cities, Bristol

The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts (2015)
Other
Barnes, J., Crawshaw, S., Parkhurst, G., Toy, J., Robinson, B., Ricci, M., …Davis, A. (2015). The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts. Bristol

THE BRISTOL METHOD The Bristol Method is a knowledge-transfer programme aimed at helping people in other cities understand and apply the lessons that Bristol has learned in becoming a more sustainable city, not just in 2015 but in the last decade.... Read More about The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts.

Planning policy’s role in addressing health challenges (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2015, September). Planning policy’s role in addressing health challenges. Presented at Westminster Briefing: Planning Healthy Communities, London

The role of planning in public health is vital to promoting physical and mental wellbeing. The National Planning Policy Framework highlights the need to include public health considerations in all planning decisions. Furthermore, as public health dut... Read More about Planning policy’s role in addressing health challenges.

The availability of brownfield land for housing (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sinnett, D., Williams, K., & Carmichael, L. (2015, September). The availability of brownfield land for housing. Paper presented at UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference: Future Planning, Future Cities, London South Bank University, London

Brownfield, or ‘previously developed land’, offers the opportunity for redevelopment and regeneration in areas with existing infrastructure, access to local amenities and proximity to existing communities. They are valuable for urban regeneration and... Read More about The availability of brownfield land for housing.

Gauging the brownfield land supply in England (2015)
Journal Article
Williams, K., Sinnett, D., Miner, P., & Carmichael, L. (2015). Gauging the brownfield land supply in England. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, 84(9), 378-383

This paper reports on the findings of a study that aimed to help fill the information gap left by the loss of the National Land Use Database – and asked ‘Is there enough brownfield land in England to meet housing needs?’

Select Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment. House of Lords: Private Briefing Seminar. The impact of the built environment on health and wellbeing (2015)
Presentation / Conference
The impact of the built environment on health and wellbeing. Presented at Select Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment. House of Lords: Private Briefing Seminar, House of Lords

Presentation to the House of Lords' Select Committee on a National Policy for the Built Environment. The paper aimed at scoping the work of the HL select committee

Educating planners for the new challenges of sustainability, knowledge and governance: Report from a EU/US exploratory collaborative project in planning education (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2013, July). Educating planners for the new challenges of sustainability, knowledge and governance: Report from a EU/US exploratory collaborative project in planning education. Paper presented at Joint AESOP/ACSP Congress Dublin 2013, Dublin, Ireland

This paper will report on the project “Educating Planners for the New Challenge of Sustainability, Knowledge and Governance” (PLAN-ED), aimed at the international exchange of planning knowledge, methodologies, and practices and the tuning of competen... Read More about Educating planners for the new challenges of sustainability, knowledge and governance: Report from a EU/US exploratory collaborative project in planning education.

Cross-sector collaboration for healthy urban environments: Evaluating the protocol between Bristol City Council’s planning department and the local public health authority (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2013, June). Cross-sector collaboration for healthy urban environments: Evaluating the protocol between Bristol City Council’s planning department and the local public health authority. Paper presented at Public Health England Conference 2013

Cross-sector collaboration for healthy urban environments: evaluating the protocol between Bristol City’s planning department and the local public health authority Category: Improving the wider determinants of health This paper reports on the... Read More about Cross-sector collaboration for healthy urban environments: Evaluating the protocol between Bristol City Council’s planning department and the local public health authority.

Health-integrated planning at the local level in England: Impediments and opportunities (2013)
Journal Article
Carmichael, L., Barton, H., Gray, S., & Lease, H. (2013). Health-integrated planning at the local level in England: Impediments and opportunities. Land Use Policy, 31, 259-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.07.008

The project commissioned by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) aimed to examine the degree to which UK, mainly English local planning authorities, incorporate health in their land use plans and development decisions. The... Read More about Health-integrated planning at the local level in England: Impediments and opportunities.

Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators (2012)
Journal Article
Carmichael, L., Barton, H., Gray, S., Lease, H., & Pilkington, P. (2012). Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 32(1), 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2011.08.003

This article presents the results of a review of literature examining the barriers and facilitators in integrating health in spatial planning at the local, mainly urban level, through appraisals. Our literature review covered the UK and non UK experi... Read More about Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators.

International perspectives on building capacity for planning and health (2012)
Journal Article
Bird, C., & Carmichael, L. (2012). International perspectives on building capacity for planning and health. PROJECT: Journal of the Department of Planning and Architecture, 4, 17-20

This paper looks at the integration of health into planning and planning curricula and what we have learnt from international practice in the context of the PLAN-ED (“Educating Planners for the New Challenges of Sustainability, Knowledge and Governan... Read More about International perspectives on building capacity for planning and health.

The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review (2011)
Journal Article
Gray, S., Carmichael, L., Barton, H., Mytton, J., Lease, H., & Joynt, J. (2011). The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review. BMC Public Health, 11(11), 889. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-889

Background: Spatial planning affects the built environment, which in turn has the potential to have a significant impact on health, for good or ill. One way of ensuring that spatial plans take due account of health is through the inclusion of health... Read More about The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review.

Health integrated planning: Impediments and opportunities (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Barton, H., & Carmichael, L. (2011, July). Health integrated planning: Impediments and opportunities. Paper presented at World Planning Schools Congress, Perth, Australia

This article examines the degree to which health is incorporated in planning systems through plan preparation and appraisal. It identifies the key barriers to health-integration, examples of good practice, and opportunities for improvement. It is bas... Read More about Health integrated planning: Impediments and opportunities.

Effective integration of health into urban spatial planning through spatial plans and impact assessment methods (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Carmichael, L. (2011, February). Effective integration of health into urban spatial planning through spatial plans and impact assessment methods. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference 2011, Weston Super Mare, UK

Background The paper will report on a recent series of 3 reviews carried out for NICE in 2010 and identifying barriers that impede the full integration of health into development planning, and facilitators that enable or promote that integration.... Read More about Effective integration of health into urban spatial planning through spatial plans and impact assessment methods.

Governance, knowledge and sustainability: The implementation of EU directives on air quality in Southampton (2011)
Journal Article
Carmichael, L., & Lambert, C. (2011). Governance, knowledge and sustainability: The implementation of EU directives on air quality in Southampton. Local Environment, 16(2), 181-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2011.562490

This article describes the implementation of the EU directive relating to air quality and the setting up of the Local Air Quality Management regime in the city of Southampton. This case study research was part of the Governance for Sustainability pro... Read More about Governance, knowledge and sustainability: The implementation of EU directives on air quality in Southampton.