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.

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: Jul 20, 2015
• 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.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1425970