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Illawarra Area Health Service and Shellharbour City Council HIA

Shellharbour Foreshore Management Plan

HIA Title Illawarra Area Health Service and Shellharbour City Council HIA of the Shellharbour Foreshore Management Plan
Authors Leonie Neville, Susan Furber & Sarah Thackway
Country Australia
Subject Public Space
Type of Proposal Plan
Level Conducted Intermediate
Stage Conducted Prospective
Staff Type In House
Documentation IAHS & SCC(2004)
Health Impact Assessment of the Shellharbour Foreshore Management Plan, Wollongong: Illawarra Area Health Service & Shellharbour City Council. (Report)


IAHS (2004)
Health Impact Assessment - Case Study, Wollongong: Illawarra Area Health Service. (Case Study)


Leonie Neville, Susan Furber, Sarah Thackway (2004)
Health Impact Assessment of the Shellharbour Foreshore Management Plan, NSW Developmental HIA Sites Training, Sydney, CHETRE, June 1. (Presentation)


Neville L, Furber S, Thackway S, Gray E, Mayne D. A Health Impact Assessment of an Environmental Management Plan: The impacts on physical activity and social cohesion , Health Promotion Journal of Australia 16(3):110-115, 2005.

Contacts Leonie Neville
Public Health Officer Trainee, NSW Department of Health
Email lnevi@doh.health.nsw.gov.au

Susan Furber
Coordinator , Research & Evaluation, Health Promotion
Illawarra Area Health Service

Email furbers@iahs.nsw.gov.au

Sarah Thackway
Director, Population Health
Illawarra Area Health Service

Email thackways@iahs.nsw.gov.au


Shellharbour City Council recently released a Management Plan for the Shellharbour foreshore.  The Plan aimed to conserve and beautify the foreshore while encouraging and supporting appropriate public use. The consultation phase was completed with no significant issues identified. The management plan is simply an environmental management tool with no current funding attached. Implementation will occur over a period of years as funding becomes available and IAHS undertook a HIA of the Plan, in conjunction with Shellharbour City Council, so as to be able to influence the development and/or staging of implementation.  The HIA assessed the likely impact of the proposed infrastructural changes in the Shellharbour area on physical activity levels and the social cohesion of residents in the Shellharbour local government area.



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