Deloly, C;
Roué-Le Gall, A;
Moore, G;
Bretelle, L;
Milner, J;
Mohajeri, N;
Osrin, D;
... Davies, M; + view all
(2021)
Relationship-building around a policy decision-support tool for urban health.
Buildings and Cities
, 2
(1)
p. 717.
10.5334/bc.110.
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Abstract
Contemporary challenges linked to public health and climate change demand more effective decision-making and urban planning practices, in particular by taking greater account of evidence. In order to do this, trust-building relationships between scientists and urban practitioners through collaborative research programmes is required. Based on a policy-relevant research project, Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH), this project aims to support the transformation of cities to meet environmental imperatives and to improve health with a quantitative health impact assessment. A case study in Rennes, France, focuses on the role of a policy decision-support tool in the production and use of knowledge to support evidence-informed decision-making. Although the primary objective of informing decision-making through evidence-based science is not fulfilled, the use of a decision-making support tool can lay the foundations for relationship-building. It can serve as a support for boundary-spanning activities, which are recognised for their effectiveness in linking science to action. This case study illustrates that the path of knowledge transfer from science to policy can be challenging, and the usefulness of using models may not be where it was thought to have been.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Relationship-building around a policy decision-support tool for urban health |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.5334/bc.110 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.5334/bc.110 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | cities, evidence-based decisions, integrated knowledge translation, knowledge transfer, public health, public policy, research–policy engagement, science–policy interface, trust |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10133740 |
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