Michael Chang is a town planner, Programme Manager for Planning and Health at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and Visiting Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments. Liz Green is a Consultant in Public Health / Programme Director for Health Impact Assessment, Public Health Wales and a Visiting Professor at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments. Carl Petrokofsky is a Public Health Specialist. He developed the Healthy Places programme at Public Health England. He is Visiting Professor at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments.
This is the definitive text on why and how planners and public health specialists should work together for the benefit of society. Thomas Burgoine, University of Cambridge An invaluable contribution for all those working in built environment and public health sectors that provides a much-needed focus on the practicalities of delivery - it is highly recommended reading. Tim Townshend, Newcastle University