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Designs on a healthy environment
UNSW researchers have been working to ensure that the current multi-million dollar Liverpool Hospital redevelopment is designed for all people in the area – even if they never step foot in the building.
The $390 million redevelopment has undergone a health impact assessment (HIA), which has the twin objectives of promoting peoples’ health and safeguarding against environment hazards.
“For many years, planners have looked at the environmental consequences of developments, but they haven’t necessarily looked at the impact on peoples’ health,” says Ben Harris-Roxas, from the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, who is part of a team that has done HIAs on 15 NSW government initiatives, including the Liverpool Hospital redevelopment.
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News story published 7/03/2007