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A growing number of international standards promote Healthy Built Environment (HBE) principles which aim to enhance occupant and user health and wellbeing. Few studies examine the implementation of these standards; whether and how they affect health through changes to built-environment design, construction, and operations. This study reviews a set of sustainability and HBE standards, based on a qualitative analysis of standard documents, standard and socio-technical literature on normalization and negotiation, and interviews with 31 practitioners from four geographical regions. The analysis indicates that standards can impact individual, organizational, and market-scale definitions of an HBE. Some changes to practice are identified, such as procurement and internal layout decisions. There is more limited evidence of changes to dominant, short-term decision-making practices related to cost control and user engagement in operational decisions. HBE standards risk establishing narrow definitions of health and wellbeing focused on building occupants rather than promoting broader, contextually situated, principles of equity, inclusion, and ecosystem functioning crucial for health. There is a need to improve sustainability and HBE standards to take better account of local contexts and promote systems thinking. Further examination of dominant collective negotiation processes is required to identify opportunities to better embed standards within organizational practice.
Rosalie Callway; Helen Pineo; Gemma Moore. Understanding the Role of Standards in the Negotiation of a Healthy Built Environment. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9884 .
AMA StyleRosalie Callway, Helen Pineo, Gemma Moore. Understanding the Role of Standards in the Negotiation of a Healthy Built Environment. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):9884.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosalie Callway; Helen Pineo; Gemma Moore. 2020. "Understanding the Role of Standards in the Negotiation of a Healthy Built Environment." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 9884.
Rosalie Callway; Tim Dixon; Dragana Nikolic. Embedding green infrastructure evaluation in neighbourhood masterplans – does BREEAM communities change anything? Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2019, 62, 2478 -2505.
AMA StyleRosalie Callway, Tim Dixon, Dragana Nikolic. Embedding green infrastructure evaluation in neighbourhood masterplans – does BREEAM communities change anything? Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2019; 62 (14):2478-2505.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosalie Callway; Tim Dixon; Dragana Nikolic. 2019. "Embedding green infrastructure evaluation in neighbourhood masterplans – does BREEAM communities change anything?" Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62, no. 14: 2478-2505.
Across the globe we find examples of local initiatives that stimulate green economies either led by communities themselves or through the formal engagement and mobilization of the public by local government and other local institutions. There are a huge range of sustainability projects and green businesses that benefit from local skills, innovation and community support. This chapter seeks to highlight how adopting a publicly ‘embedded’ approach, one that is culturally and socially-tied to local communities, will produce more lasting and equitable outcomes.
Rosalie Callway. Local Sustainability: Driving Green Urban Economies Through Public Engagement. The Economy of Green Cities 2012, 175 -190.
AMA StyleRosalie Callway. Local Sustainability: Driving Green Urban Economies Through Public Engagement. The Economy of Green Cities. 2012; ():175-190.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosalie Callway. 2012. "Local Sustainability: Driving Green Urban Economies Through Public Engagement." The Economy of Green Cities , no. : 175-190.