Health Impact Assessment as a planning and decision-making tool

• Main Authors: Jamal Hisham, Hashim, Mohammad Adam, Adman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35691/1/2021062816091642_MJMHS_0223-2.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35691/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami-3046; https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2021062816091642_MJMHS_0223.pdf

Health impact assessment (HIA) is a versatile planning and decision-making tool that has been applied in many situations but more so in environmental impact assessment (EIA). In many developed and developing countries, many development activities and projects are now subjected to EIA. HIA in urban p...