Health and sustainable development: can we rise to the challenge?

Schirnding, Yasmin von

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(02)09777-5

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“…This global view of social-ecological well-being has been supported by findings in the scientific literature which identify the importance of biodiversity across various scales, habitats and taxonomic groups for ecosystem service production (e.g. von Shirnding, 2002;Burls and Khan, 2005;Worm et al, 2006;Costanza et al, 2007;Pudup, 2008;Niemelä et al, 2010;Mace et al, 2012;Wall and Nielsen, 2012;Haines-Young and Potschin, 2013).…”

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confidence: 87%

User participation in urban green commons: Exploring the links between access, voluntarism, biodiversity and well being

Dennis

James

2016

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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Polycentric governance and stakeholder participation in natural resource management have potential benefits for both human and environmental well-being. Researchers and decision-makers have attempted to conceptualise the ecological, social and political potential of such semi-formal approaches to urban green space management. However, few studies have quantified the actual benefits in terms of biodiversity and associated ecosystem service provision, or the factors that mediate levels of participation.The links between biodiversity potential, site access and user participation were explored in a case study comprising ten established examples of organised social-ecological initiatives in the inner-city area of Greater Manchester. At the micro-scale, the case study quantified the levels of community involvement (measured in volunteer hours month¯¹) in local green commons and the biodiversity potential (assessed using floristic and structural diversity as a surrogate) of the ten sites. Descriptive analysis identified that site spatial and design characteristics affected all three measures and subsequent correlational analyses revealed a high degree of synergy between site use and biodiversity.

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confidence: 87%

User participation in urban green commons: Exploring the links between access, voluntarism, biodiversity and well being

Dennis

James

2016

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

104

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“…The concept continues to take precedence in national and international ecological assessments (TEEB, 2008;UK NEA, 2011;Haines-Young and Potschin, 2013) as well as in research exploring issues in environmental governance, human well-being and biodiversity (e.g. Von Shirnding, 2002;Burls and Khan, 2005;Worm et al, 2006;Costanza et al, 2007;Pudup, 2008;Niemelä et al, 2010;Mace et al, 2012;Wall and Nielsen, 2012).…”

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Considerations in the valuation of urban green space: Accounting for user participation

Dennis

James

2016

Ecosystem Services

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“…The first factor is the overall strength of the health system [36,37]. While measles and tetanus-specific deaths can be prevented by relatively simple interventions, such as immunization [38,39], more comprehensive interventions are needed to prevent deaths from pneumonia and diarrhea, involving more a comprehensive approach, including behavior change, inter-sectoral collaboration, and environmental improvements [39–41], all of which require a strengthened health system [42,43]. We suppose that a substantial share of specific causes in terms of contribution might have been attributed to some vertical programs generating considerable investment in specific diseases as part of global health initiatives around 2000 [36].…”

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Cause-specific child mortality performance and contributions to all-cause child mortality, and number of child lives saved during the Millennium Development Goals era: a country-level analysis

Jin

Mankadi

Rigotti

et al. 2018

Global Health Action

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Background: During the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era, impressive reductions in the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) have been observed, although the MDG 4 target was not met. So far, cause-specific progress in child mortality has been analyzed and discussed mainly at the global and regional levels. Objectives: We aimed to explore annual changes in cause-specific mortality at the country level, assess which causes contributed the most to child mortality reduction in 2000–2015, and estimate how many child lives were saved. Methods: We used the cause-specific child mortality estimates published by Liu and colleagues. We derived average annual changes in cause-specific child mortality rates and cause-specific contribution to overall child mortality in 2000–2015. We estimated the number of cause-specific child deaths averted during the MDG era, assuming that cause-specific child mortality remained the same as in 2000. We targeted the 75 Countdown countries where 95% of maternal and child deaths occurred during the MDG era. Results: Wide disparities existed across causes within countries, both in neonatal and post-neonatal mortality reduction, except for a few countries such as China, Rwanda, and Cambodia. In 20 of the 45 sub-Saharan African countries, malaria was the main contributor to post-neonatal mortality reduction, and pneumonia was the main contributor in only six countries. A single disease often contributed to a substantial proportion of the child mortality reduction, particularly in west and central African countries. Diarrhea-specific post-neonatal child mortality reduction accounted for 7.1 million averted child deaths (24.5%), while pneumonia accounted for another 6.7 million averted child deaths (23%). Conclusions: This study demonstrates country-specific characteristics with regards to cause-wise child mortality that could not be identified by global or regional analyses. These findings provide the global community with evidence for formulating national policies and strategies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in child mortality reduction.

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Health and sustainable development: can we rise to the challenge?

Cited by 66 publications

References 6 publications

User participation in urban green commons: Exploring the links between access, voluntarism, biodiversity and well being

User participation in urban green commons: Exploring the links between access, voluntarism, biodiversity and well being

Considerations in the valuation of urban green space: Accounting for user participation

Cause-specific child mortality performance and contributions to all-cause child mortality, and number of child lives saved during the Millennium Development Goals era: a country-level analysis

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