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This divided land: An examination of regional inequalities in exposure to brownfield land and the association with morbidity and mortality in England

Bambra, C.; Cairns, J.M.; Kasim, A.; Smith, J.; Robertson, S.; Copeland, A.; Johnson, K.

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Authors

C. Bambra

J.M. Cairns

A. Kasim

J. Smith

S. Robertson

A. Copeland



Abstract

This paper is the first empirical examination of the association between brownfield land and spatial inequalities in health. Linear mixed modelling of ward-level data suggests that there is higher exposure and susceptibility to brownfield land in the Northern compared to the Southern regions (with the exception of London); that brownfield exposure has an association with regional inequalities in mortality and morbidity within regions (particularly in the North West); that brownfield has an association with inequalities between regions (particularly between the North West and the South East); but that brownfield land only makes a small independent contribution to the North–South health divide in England. However, brownfield land could be a potentially important and previously overlooked independent environmental determinant of spatial inequalities in health in England.

Citation

Bambra, C., Cairns, J., Kasim, A., Smith, J., Robertson, S., Copeland, A., & Johnson, K. (2015). This divided land: An examination of regional inequalities in exposure to brownfield land and the association with morbidity and mortality in England. Health & Place, 34, 257-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.05.010

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 19, 2015
Online Publication Date Jun 20, 2015
Publication Date Jul 1, 2015
Deposit Date Jun 24, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Health & Place
Print ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 34
Pages 257-269
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.05.010
Keywords Regeneration, Environment, Deprivation, Neighbourhood, Inequality.

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