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European noise policy is originally committed to the precautionary principle of environmental planning, aiming at high environmental health standards. Recent assessments of the European Noise Directive report an increase of traffic and an under-estimation of health effects, however. In addition to traffic-related noise exposure, the European Union faces another serious public health problem: health inequity, with social epidemiological research providing tentative evidence on social and socio-spatial inequalities in noise exposures and health effects. In view of these two challenges, we set out to describe five propositions offering entry points to achieve more environmental health equity through noise action planning.
Natalie Riedel; Heike Köckler; Gabriele Bolte. Moving noise action planning towards more environmental health equity. Five propositions. Cities & Health 2021, 1 -9.
AMA StyleNatalie Riedel, Heike Köckler, Gabriele Bolte. Moving noise action planning towards more environmental health equity. Five propositions. Cities & Health. 2021; ():1-9.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatalie Riedel; Heike Köckler; Gabriele Bolte. 2021. "Moving noise action planning towards more environmental health equity. Five propositions." Cities & Health , no. : 1-9.
Health in All Policies (HiAP) is an approach of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that has been pursued since the 1980s. The overall goal of this approach is to achieve health promotion, prevention and health care for all people by using the potential of all policy fields. This article aims to specify the global guiding principles HiAP and SDGs through an integrated perspective and a North-South dialogue. Referring to SDG 3 “good health and well-being” and SDG 11 “sustainable cities and communities” the focus is first on health-related aspects of spatial planning and the concept of walkability as an integrating approach. The contribution starts with an integrated mobility-related consideration of SDG 3 and 11 by elaborating on the concept of walkability in relation to spatial planning in the context of health-promoting urban development. Walkability addresses movement-oriented locomotion and thus contributes to physical activity, which promotes health and leads to sustainable transport systems (SDG 11.2). It is also a topic that is part of the WHO’s Global Action Plan on Physical Activity. Furthermore it will be discussed to what extent this concept, which refers to cities in the Global North, can also be transferred to cities in the Global South, and conclusions will be drawn.
Sabine Baumgart; Heike Köckler. Health in All Policies – Ein Ansatz um für die Integration von SDG 3 und SDG 11 zu lernen?! disP - The Planning Review 2021, 57, 74 -85.
AMA StyleSabine Baumgart, Heike Köckler. Health in All Policies – Ein Ansatz um für die Integration von SDG 3 und SDG 11 zu lernen?! disP - The Planning Review. 2021; 57 (1):74-85.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSabine Baumgart; Heike Köckler. 2021. "Health in All Policies – Ein Ansatz um für die Integration von SDG 3 und SDG 11 zu lernen?!" disP - The Planning Review 57, no. 1: 74-85.
Der Klimawandel ist ein globales komplexes Phänomen, das nicht weniger als eine große Transformation erfordert und sich durch alle politischen Ebenen und Ressorts zieht. Ferner sind eine Vielzahl zivil-gesellschaftlicher und wirtschaftlicher Akteure treibende Kräfte. Die Fridays for Future-Bewegung hat dem Thema und den erforderlichen Politiken seit 2019 eine neue Wertigkeit gegeben. Die Klimapolitik bietet einerseits Beispiele für einen „in All Policies“-Ansatz und Beispiele tiefgreifender Systemveränderungen. Andererseits stellt sie auch eine Möglichkeit dar, HiAP systematisch zu verfolgen, da sowohl Klimaschutz als auch Klimafolgen vielfältige Bezüge zu Gesundheit aufweisen.
Heike Köckler. Klimapolitik. Gesundheit als gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe 2020, 159 -171.
AMA StyleHeike Köckler. Klimapolitik. Gesundheit als gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe. 2020; ():159-171.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHeike Köckler. 2020. "Klimapolitik." Gesundheit als gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe , no. : 159-171.
The link between health, socio-economic status and the living environment is increasingly moving into the focus of public health research and policy. The aim of the European Union’s Project “Joint Action Health Equity Europe (JAHEE)” is to enable countries to identify and implement needs-based measures to promote health equity. In one of JAHEE’s work packages, focusing on healthy living environments as a strategy to tackle health inequities, a Policy Framework for Action (PFA) has been developed. This article gives an insight into the core contents of the PFA, which are valid beyond the project boundaries for all actors that work at the intersection of community health promotion. The PFA was developed as a consensus document in a participatory process between the members of the work package and an interdisciplinary German team of public health experts. Results from project meetings of the partner countries as well as research findings and recommendations from field experts were incorporated. Reducing health inequalities in public health is a cross-sectional issue that needs to be addressed across all policy areas. The municipality setting is of particular importance in this context, as it offers many starting points and can coordinate between all relevant actors with an overarching strategy.
Eike Quilling; Birgit Babitsch; Kevin Dadaczynski; Stefanie Kruse; Maja Kuchler; Heike Köckler; Janna Leimann; Ulla Walter; Christina Plantz. Municipal Health Promotion as Part of Urban Health: A Policy Framework for Action. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6685 .
AMA StyleEike Quilling, Birgit Babitsch, Kevin Dadaczynski, Stefanie Kruse, Maja Kuchler, Heike Köckler, Janna Leimann, Ulla Walter, Christina Plantz. Municipal Health Promotion as Part of Urban Health: A Policy Framework for Action. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (16):6685.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEike Quilling; Birgit Babitsch; Kevin Dadaczynski; Stefanie Kruse; Maja Kuchler; Heike Köckler; Janna Leimann; Ulla Walter; Christina Plantz. 2020. "Municipal Health Promotion as Part of Urban Health: A Policy Framework for Action." Sustainability 12, no. 16: 6685.
Städte werden durch verschiedene Merkmale charakterisiert, von denen Dichte ein aus gesundheitlicher Sicht besonders bedeutendes ist. Am Beispiel der Gesundheitsdeterminanten Lärm, Grün- und Freiflächen sowie gesundheitliche Versorgung wird dargestellt, dass Stadt als sich stetig verändernder Raum zu verstehen ist, der nur unter Beachtung der Wechselwirkungen seiner baulichen und sozialräumlichen Gestalt sowie gesellschaftlichen Gestaltung verstanden werden kann. Es werden verschiedene Stadttypen aufgezeigt und Leitbilder der Raum- und Stadtentwicklung aus gesundheitlicher Perspektive beschrieben. Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Instrumenten der Stadtentwicklung und des planerischen Umweltschutzes zeigt die Möglichkeiten zur Beeinflussung von Gesundheitsdeterminanten auf kommunaler Ebene auf. Partizipation von Öffentlichkeit und Stakeholdern spielt in lokalen Lebenswelten eine besondere Rolle. Der Beitrag zeigt auf, dass die Potenziale für eine gesundheitsfördernde Stadtentwicklung gegeben, aber vielfach noch nicht ausgeschöpft sind.
Heike Köckler; Raphael Sieber. Die Stadt als gesunder Lebensort?! Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz 2020, 1 -8.
AMA StyleHeike Köckler, Raphael Sieber. Die Stadt als gesunder Lebensort?! Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 2020; ():1-8.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHeike Köckler; Raphael Sieber. 2020. "Die Stadt als gesunder Lebensort?!" Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz , no. : 1-8.
Die Bedeutung von Sozialräumen als Lebenswelten und Planungsräume wird in den Gesundheitswissenschaften zunehmend erkannt. Sowohl auf theoretischer als auch empirischer Ebene sind Zusammenhänge bekannt und können mit verschiedenen quantitativen und qualitativen Methoden beschrieben werden. Der Beitrag stellt einleitend Zusammenhänge zwischen Sozialraum und Gesundheit dar, behandelt relevante Methoden der Sozialraumanalyse und erläutert die Bedeutung von Umweltfaktoren als Ursache für Morbidität und Mortalität sowie Unterschiede in der Gesundheitsversorgung zwischen Stadt und Land. Abschließend werden verhältnispräventive Strategien thematisiert, bei denen Partizipation und Empowerment eine bedeutende Rolle zukommen. Auf dieser Grundlage können unter Nutzung verschiedener Politikfelder Verhältnisse geschaffen werden, in denen ein gesundes Leben für alle möglich ist.
Heike Köckler. Sozialraum und Gesundheit. Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit 2019, 517 -525.
AMA StyleHeike Köckler. Sozialraum und Gesundheit. Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit. 2019; ():517-525.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHeike Köckler. 2019. "Sozialraum und Gesundheit." Springer Reference Pflege – Therapie – Gesundheit , no. : 517-525.
Urban residents’ need to be in control of their home environment can be constrained by perceived uncontrollability of exposure to road traffic noise. Noise annoyance may indicate a psychological stress reaction due to this uncontrollability perception, thereby undermining the restoration process. Environmental resources, such as having access to a quiet side at home and dwelling-related green, may reduce noise annoyance both directly by shielding acoustically and indirectly by enhancing residents’ perceived noise control. We assessed the potential mediating role of perceived noise control in independent and joint associations of road traffic noise exposure (>65 dB Lden) and of an absent dwelling-related environmental resource (three indicators concerning quiet sides and one indicator concerning dwelling-related green) with noise annoyance. In our cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study on elderly urban citizens (N = 1812), we observed a statistically significant indirect effect of noise exposure on noise annoyance through perceived noise control (39%, 95%CI 26–55%). Statistical mediation between indicators of absent environmental resources and noise annoyance was weaker. The potential indirect effect was confirmed for combinations of noise exposure with each of the four indicators of an absent environmental resource. Our findings may call for mitigating noise levels while fostering quietness and green at residents’ homes.
Natalie Riedel; Heike Köckler; Joachim Scheiner; Irene Van Kamp; Raimund Erbel; Adrian Loerbroks; Thomas Claßen; Gabriele Bolte. Home as a Place of Noise Control for the Elderly? A Cross-Sectional Study on Potential Mediating Effects and Associations between Road Traffic Noise Exposure, Access to a Quiet Side, Dwelling-Related Green and Noise Annoyance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018, 15, 1036 .
AMA StyleNatalie Riedel, Heike Köckler, Joachim Scheiner, Irene Van Kamp, Raimund Erbel, Adrian Loerbroks, Thomas Claßen, Gabriele Bolte. Home as a Place of Noise Control for the Elderly? A Cross-Sectional Study on Potential Mediating Effects and Associations between Road Traffic Noise Exposure, Access to a Quiet Side, Dwelling-Related Green and Noise Annoyance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15 (5):1036.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatalie Riedel; Heike Köckler; Joachim Scheiner; Irene Van Kamp; Raimund Erbel; Adrian Loerbroks; Thomas Claßen; Gabriele Bolte. 2018. "Home as a Place of Noise Control for the Elderly? A Cross-Sectional Study on Potential Mediating Effects and Associations between Road Traffic Noise Exposure, Access to a Quiet Side, Dwelling-Related Green and Noise Annoyance." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 5: 1036.
Aktuelle internationale Studien zeigen, dass umweltbezogene Erkrankungen unverhältnismäßig vulnerable Menschen betreffen. Dies ist ein Ausdruck von Umweltungerechtigkeit. Der Ansatz Umweltgerechtigkeit geht über die Beschreibung sozialer Ungleichheiten bei Umwelt und Gesundheit hinaus und beinhaltet als normatives Leitbild zwei zentrale Gerechtigkeitsdimensionen: Verteilungsgerechtigkeit und Verfahrensgerechtigkeit. Erklärungsansätze für den Zusammenhang zwischen sozialer Lage, Umwelt und Gesundheit befassen sich sowohl mit der sozialen Ungleichverteilung von Umweltbelastungen und Umweltgütern (Expositionsvariation) als auch mit sozialen Unterschieden in der Anfälligkeit (Vulnerabilität) hinsichtlich der gesundheitlichen Wirkungen von Umweltexpositionen (Effektmodifikation). Integrierte Monitoringansätze dienen als Grundlage für die Ableitung von Interventionen unter Gerechtigkeitsaspekten. Ausgehend von der Public-Health-Forschung und eingebettet in das Health-in-All-Policies(HiAP)-Konzept wird Umweltgerechtigkeit von zahlreichen Disziplinen sowie in Politik, Verwaltung und Praxis aufgegriffen. Strategische Überlegungen zur politischen Verankerung finden sich auf Bundes‑, Länder- und kommunaler Ebene seitens staatlicher und nichtstaatlicher Akteure. Gesundheitsfördernde Stadtentwicklung ist ein zentrales Interventionsfeld. Das Städtebauförderprogramm „Soziale Stadt“ sowie sozialraumorientierte Fachplanungen erweisen sich als hilfreich, um den Schwerpunkt auf mehrfachbelastete städtische Räume zu legen und zielgruppengerechte Beteiligungsprozesse durchzuführen. Bedarf besteht weiterhin an der Methodenentwicklung und systematischen Umsetzung von Evaluationen politischer Strategien und entsprechender Interventionen hinsichtlich ihrer Effekte auf gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten und Umweltgerechtigkeit. Current international studies show that environment-related diseases disproportionately affect vulnerable people. This is a case of environmental injustice. Environmental justice goes beyond the mere description of environment- and health-related social inequalities by comprising two dimensions of justice as a normative approach: distributional and procedural justice. Attempts to explain the link between social circumstances, the environment and health deal with both the socially unequal distribution of environmental hazards and environmental resources (exposure variation) and social differences in vulnerability to the health effects of environmental exposures (effect modification). Integrated monitoring approaches provide the basis for deriving interventions under various aspects of environmental justice. Parting from public health research and embedded in the Health in All Policies (HiAP) concept, environmental justice has now been taken up in a number of fields, including politics, administration and practice. There are strategic considerations and attempts to anchor it in politics at the federal, state and the communal level, both by government and non-government groups. Health-promoting urban development is a core field for intervention. The Soziale Stadt (Social City) programme for promoting urban planning and construction as well as place oriented sectoral planning make an important contribution by helping to focus on urban spaces with multiple health hazards and to implement target group-oriented participation processes. There continues to be a need to develop methods and systematically implemented evaluations of political strategies and corresponding interventions regarding their effects on inequalities in health and environmental justice.
Gabriele Bolte; Christiane Bunge; Claudia Hornberg; Heike Köckler. Umweltgerechtigkeit als Ansatz zur Verringerung sozialer Ungleichheiten bei Umwelt und Gesundheit. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz 2018, 61, 674 -683.
AMA StyleGabriele Bolte, Christiane Bunge, Claudia Hornberg, Heike Köckler. Umweltgerechtigkeit als Ansatz zur Verringerung sozialer Ungleichheiten bei Umwelt und Gesundheit. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 2018; 61 (6):674-683.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGabriele Bolte; Christiane Bunge; Claudia Hornberg; Heike Köckler. 2018. "Umweltgerechtigkeit als Ansatz zur Verringerung sozialer Ungleichheiten bei Umwelt und Gesundheit." Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz 61, no. 6: 674-683.
The transformation of cities towards healthy urban living environments for all is a challenge that needs to be addressed through collaboration of all relevant sectors in a transdisciplinary research processes. This paper reports on the design and showcase implementation of a methodological approach, named Interactive Spatial Understanding Support System (ISUSS), that is intended to support interactive knowledge co-production and integration among practitioners and researcher in a specific local context. The approach involves the combined use of interactive maps on a MapTable and a rich picture. The goal is to stimulate, articulate and map stakeholders’ knowledge on environmental health issues to come to a shared problem understanding. Drawing on the rich seam of data gathered over the reflexive engagement with the participants in Dortmund, Germany, we explored incidences of a transdisciplinary process. Findings suggest that the approach has the potential to encourage communication and social learning geared towards a shared understanding of the holistic problem situation. Whilst locally embedded spatial knowledge was shared using interactive maps on the MapTable, the rich picture elicited issues linked to wider geographical scale as well as non-spatial drivers. The paper concludes discussing research needs to further explore the approach among various other groups, including citizens.
Rehana Shrestha; Heike Köckler; Johannes Flacke; Javier Martinez; Martin Van Maarseveen. Interactive Knowledge Co-Production and Integration for Healthy Urban Development. Sustainability 2017, 9, 1945 .
AMA StyleRehana Shrestha, Heike Köckler, Johannes Flacke, Javier Martinez, Martin Van Maarseveen. Interactive Knowledge Co-Production and Integration for Healthy Urban Development. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (11):1945.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRehana Shrestha; Heike Köckler; Johannes Flacke; Javier Martinez; Martin Van Maarseveen. 2017. "Interactive Knowledge Co-Production and Integration for Healthy Urban Development." Sustainability 9, no. 11: 1945.
Heike Köckler; Séverine Deguen; Andrea Ranzi; Anders Melin; Gordon Walker. Environmental justice in Western Europe. The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice 2017, 627 -640.
AMA StyleHeike Köckler, Séverine Deguen, Andrea Ranzi, Anders Melin, Gordon Walker. Environmental justice in Western Europe. The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice. 2017; ():627-640.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHeike Köckler; Séverine Deguen; Andrea Ranzi; Anders Melin; Gordon Walker. 2017. "Environmental justice in Western Europe." The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice , no. : 627-640.
The Environmental Noise Directive expects residents to be actively involved in localising and selecting noise abatement interventions during the noise action planning process. Its intervention impact is meant to be homogeneous across population groups. Against the background of social heterogeneity and environmental disparities, however, the impact of noise action planning on exposure to traffic-related noise and its health effects is unlikely to follow homogenous distributions. Until now, there has been no study evaluating the impact of noise action measures on the social distribution of traffic-related noise exposure and health outcomes. We develop a conceptual (logic) model on cognitive-motivational determinants of residents’ civic engagement and health (inequities) by integrating arguments from the Model on household’s Vulnerability to the local Environment, the learned helplessness model in environmental psychology, the Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress, and the reserve capacity model. Specifically, we derive four hypothetical patterns of cognitive-motivational determinants yielding different levels of sustained physiological activation and expectancies of civic engagement. These patterns may help us understand why health inequities arise in the context of noise action planning and learn how to transform noise action planning into an instrument conducive to health equity. While building on existing frameworks, our conceptual model will be tested empirically in the next stage of our research process.
Natalie Riedel; Irene Van Kamp; Heike Köckler; Joachim Scheiner; Adrian Loerbroks; Thomas Claßen; Gabriele Bolte. Cognitive-Motivational Determinants of Residents’ Civic Engagement and Health (Inequities) in the Context of Noise Action Planning: A Conceptual Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2017, 14, 578 .
AMA StyleNatalie Riedel, Irene Van Kamp, Heike Köckler, Joachim Scheiner, Adrian Loerbroks, Thomas Claßen, Gabriele Bolte. Cognitive-Motivational Determinants of Residents’ Civic Engagement and Health (Inequities) in the Context of Noise Action Planning: A Conceptual Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14 (6):578.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatalie Riedel; Irene Van Kamp; Heike Köckler; Joachim Scheiner; Adrian Loerbroks; Thomas Claßen; Gabriele Bolte. 2017. "Cognitive-Motivational Determinants of Residents’ Civic Engagement and Health (Inequities) in the Context of Noise Action Planning: A Conceptual Model." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 6: 578.
Spatial differences in urban environmental conditions contribute to health inequalities within cities. The purpose of the paper is to map environmental inequalities relevant for health in the City of Dortmund, Germany, in order to identify needs for planning interventions. We develop suitable indicators for mapping socioeconomically-driven environmental inequalities at the neighborhood level based on published scientific evidence and inputs from local stakeholders. Relationships between socioeconomic and environmental indicators at the level of 170 neighborhoods were analyzed continuously with Spearman rank correlation coefficients and categorically applying chi-squared tests. Reclassified socioeconomic and environmental indicators were then mapped at the neighborhood level in order to determine multiple environmental burdens and hotspots of environmental inequalities related to health. Results show that the majority of environmental indicators correlate significantly, leading to multiple environmental burdens in specific neighborhoods. Some of these neighborhoods also have significantly larger proportions of inhabitants of a lower socioeconomic position indicating hotspots of environmental inequalities. Suitable planning interventions mainly comprise transport planning and green space management. In the conclusions, we discuss how the analysis can be used to improve state of the art planning instruments, such as clean air action planning or noise reduction planning towards the consideration of the vulnerability of the population.
Johannes Flacke; Steffen Andreas Schüle; Heike Köckler; Gabriele Bolte. Mapping Environmental Inequalities Relevant for Health for Informing Urban Planning Interventions—A Case Study in the City of Dortmund, Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2016, 13, 711 .
AMA StyleJohannes Flacke, Steffen Andreas Schüle, Heike Köckler, Gabriele Bolte. Mapping Environmental Inequalities Relevant for Health for Informing Urban Planning Interventions—A Case Study in the City of Dortmund, Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13 (7):711.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJohannes Flacke; Steffen Andreas Schüle; Heike Köckler; Gabriele Bolte. 2016. "Mapping Environmental Inequalities Relevant for Health for Informing Urban Planning Interventions—A Case Study in the City of Dortmund, Germany." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 7: 711.
Noise action planning according to the EU Environmental Noise Directive aims to improve people's health. Although health inequalities exist, the Directive does not address social inequalities in residential exposure to road traffic noise. In multivariate regression analyses based on two urban study populations, we assess the relationship between objective and subjective indicators of residential exposure to road traffic noise as an issue of environmental justice. Residential neighbourhood satisfaction, socio-demographic and -economic, health-related and noise-related attitudinal factors were included as covariates additionally explaining the subjective response to road traffic noise (noise annoyance). Our results underline the need to select, operationalise and examine noise-related indicators very carefully, as objective noise exposure predicts noise annoyance insufficiently. Otherwise, urban environmental planning might miss environmentally unjust situations and fail to initiate distributive and procedural environmental justice.
Natalie Riedel; Joachim Scheiner; Grit Müller; Heike Köckler. Assessing the relationship between objective and subjective indicators of residential exposure to road traffic noise in the context of environmental justice. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2013, 57, 1398 -1421.
AMA StyleNatalie Riedel, Joachim Scheiner, Grit Müller, Heike Köckler. Assessing the relationship between objective and subjective indicators of residential exposure to road traffic noise in the context of environmental justice. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2013; 57 (9):1398-1421.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatalie Riedel; Joachim Scheiner; Grit Müller; Heike Köckler. 2013. "Assessing the relationship between objective and subjective indicators of residential exposure to road traffic noise in the context of environmental justice." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 57, no. 9: 1398-1421.