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Strategic environmental assessment—exploring connections between environmental and health issues

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, how changes to environmental aspects considered in strategic environmental assessment (SEA) can affect human health is explored, based on a comprehensive and systematic literature review. Whilst health is a key aspect for consideration in SEA, how it should be approached has remained subject to discussion. There is agreement, though, that at a minimum, health impacts from bio-physical environmental changes need be assessed. What this means is elaborated on in this paper. Challenges to and opportunities for an effective consideration of health in SEA are briefly outlined.

Source: Environmental Management

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02292-1

Authors: Thomas B. Fischer, Ben Cave, Shiu Fung Hung, Tiago Rodrigues, Birgitte Fischer-Bonde, Ainhoa Gonzalez

Institutions: University of Liverpool, North-West University, University College Dublin

Language: English

Topic: Environmental and Social Impact Assessments

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,690