Comment

Representation ID: 19284

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country

Linkages between health and the built and natural environment
Comment: It is WTBBC’s view that a paragraph should be added that further describes the importance of the natural environment in determining health and wellbeing. The value of accessible, high-quality natural greenspace to local communities is increasingly understood. For example, the Dasgupta Review 2021 states that access to green spaces can reduce socio-economic inequalities in health, and cites a longitudinal study covering over 10,000 UK residents that found that living in greener urban space was associated with greater life satisfaction (White et al. 2013).
Figure 3 - Determinants of health and wellbeing (Barton and Grant, 2010)
Support: WTBBC support the inclusion of the determinants of health and wellbeing map and the recognition in the BCP of the importance of the natural environment in determining health and wellbeing outcomes.