Rosalie Callway

University of Bristol | UB · Population health

Planning decisions are dependent on the strength of regulatory instruments. The local plan is a public policy document informing decisions on land-use developments that can have impact on health of future populations. The article reports on a census review of local plans (n = 346) in England. Using content analysis, we found limited resilience with...

Addressing increasingly urgent global challenges requires the rapid mobilisation of new research groups that are large in scale, co-produced and focussed explicitly on investigating root causes at a systemic level. This requires new ways of operationalising and funding research programmes to better support effective interdisciplinary and transdisci...

Tackling complex system challenges like creating healthy environments requires understanding priorities and structures affecting multiple actors. This qualitative study, involving 132 multi-sectoral stakeholders spanning the urban development decision-making system, explores how to influence healthier place-making. Using thematic analysis we develo...

A local plan is a statutory policy document that supports urban development decisions across a local government area in England. Local plans are reported to need more specific requirements for development proposals regarding wider health determinants to address potential health outcomes and health inequalities. This study reviews the integration of...

Large scale, multi-organisational collaborations between researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds are increasingly recognised as important to investigate and tackle complex real-world problems. However differing expectations, epistemologies, and preferences across these teams pose challenges to following best practice for ensuring high-qua...

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...

The potential benefits of green infrastructure (GI) to new neighbourhood developments are the focus of a growing body of research. Such benefits include supporting wellbeing, raising property values, reducing flood risk, and improving biodiversity. There has been less research, however, examining how GI is evaluated by practitioners during large-sc...

In the context of UK housebuilding this paper explores and critically reviews the initial measurement of social sustainability in the first phase of a new housing project on a large estate regeneration development in South Acton, London (conducted in March–April 2015). The research uses an existing “ex post” social sustainability framework adopted...

Green Infrastructure (GI) evaluation is reported to improve the sustainability of neighbourhood masterplans, but there has been little research examining the links between GI evaluation and masterplan decision-making. A study of six English masterplanned sites was carried out, with paired case studies reflecting three types of neighbourhood develop...

Evaluative practice is described as an embedded part of urban design processes, where evaluation can establish, trace and refine design intentions. The assumption that evaluative practice may shape decision-making is also central to standardised evaluative frameworks, such as the UK sustainable neighbourhood masterplan standard, BREEAM Communities....

Sustainable neighbourhood standards, such as BREEAM Communities, have been examined by various researchers. There is less research that directly contrasts some of the more fundamental assumptions in such standards with core concepts applied in the field of urban design. This paper summarises a literature review which examines narratives around sust...

The report finds that over half London boroughs already make a specific policy commitment in relation to the ‘All London Green Grid’ (ALGG) – a Greater London Authority (GLA) policy guidance agreed in 2012 to support a network of green spaces and river-based corridors throughout London. The policy aims to maximise the benefits of ‘green infrastruc...

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 institutions. There are a huge range of sustainability projects and green businesses that benefit from local skills, innovation and...

An introduction to managing green infrastructure in London 'Living London' is a guide for local London groups about: What is green infrastructure? Why is it important for London? What can you do? Further resources It includes case studies about promoting wellbeing, biodiversity, landscape management, and climate resilience. It has further links...

Highlighting experiences from past recessions and research, this paper examines the different effects financial crises can have on health and discusses potential local government responses.