Land Use and Health Team Capital Area, Michigan Robert Glandon, Ph.D. Ingham County Health Dept. Mark Kieselbach, Director, Community Planning and Development,

Land Use and Health Team Capital Area, Michigan

Robert Glandon, Ph.D. Ingham County Health Dept.

Mark Kieselbach, Director, Community Planning and Development, Meridian Township.

May 12, 2005

Overview

• Regional Growth

• Land Use and Health Team

• Tools

• Outlook

Regional Growth

Health Impacts

Residential Development 1978-1999Prior to 1978

1978 to 1999

•Physical Activity

•Air and water quality

• Noise

•Injury

•Social Capital

•Health Equity

Land Use and Health Resource Team

• local public health departments• Tri-County Regional Planning Commission• MSU Extension• MSU Departments of Community Agriculture,

Recreation and Resource Studies; Urban Planning; Criminal Justice; Land Use Policy; Remote Sensing and GIS; MSU Land Policy Program

• planners, architects, land developer• Others

Land Useand

Health Team

RegionalGrowthProject

Health DepartmentBoard of Health

Regional PlanningCommission

advises

advises

Advises

Elected Officials

Advises

Planners, Public Health

Developers

Team Network

Health Impact Assessment

Traditional

-water quality

-wastewater

-air quality

-hazardous waste

HIA additions

-physical activity

-injury prevention

-noise

-social capital

-health equity

-regional growth objectives

Land Use Policy Principles Meridian Township, Michigan

• natural environment

• health and safety

• prosperity

• cultural heritage

• diversity

Outlook

• HIA “work in progress”

• Education

• Evaluation

• Coordination with other activities

Role of Public Health and Planning Agencies

• Articulate land use and health concepts

• Collect and organize information

• Develop partnerships• Support related projects• Facilitate use of assessment

tools• Apply for grants / fundraising