Introduction
In most cases over the past years, scholars have argued about place versus people based approaches towards urban development (Watson, 2016). This issue on urban development has since been a topic of debate even among a number of community development practitioners. In most cases over the past years, scholars have argued about place versus people based approaches towards urban development (Watson, 2016). This issue on urban development has since been a topic of debate even among a number of community development practitioners. Health is considered an important issue when undertaking urban development since it is highly influenced by both environment and safety issues. The varied opinions have come about surrounded on a single fundamental question on the various issues of health effects associated with this approach. There are proposals to have it lean towards the fact that communities face a number of different including local deterioration and disinvestment in the economy. This has, in the long run, come as a factor that has altered the neighborhood composition over time and therefore, gentrification becomes a goal in the realization of these projects. The description above gives a general impact on the well-being of people especially the residents.
In this case, when a place where people are living become less affordable, a number of new challenges spring up. In the later, the new problems always cause a difficulty in the role of creating jobs and enhancing economic development. A number of problems associated with the process of improving development and face of a community are a dynamic approach to development under such a case (Watson, 2016). Kansas City in the US has seen a number of development projects, and this has attributed an infusion of new employment opportunities due to the creation of new business ideas. These projects are therefore based on people’s strategies to include the longtime residents in these places are a matter of great concern.
In this essay, we will discuss some of the factors that that influence and drive urban development or redevelopment. This will use a comprehensive approach that tries to explain the exact strategies that have simultaneously been employed in the community. Health determinants are multidimensional and mainly range from the cultural to social and economic parameters. Urban infrastructures, public resources, and businesses have an effect on the health of the residents of that place at any particular time in the society.
Therefore the need to have to ensure that urban renewal or redevelopment involves various health issues in a manner to improve the well-being of the residents. Urban development or redevelopment is, therefore, essential, and therefore, a comprehensive approach towards a given number of health issues should be considered due to their interrelationships between the issues that need to be discussed in the process of having a realizable and proper urban development issues. Therefore, the urban development in Kansas City differs with those of other towns depending on the health issues that are highly recommended in the process during affecting these development plans. In this essay, The Northland Project is considered in this case. The policies and laws surrounding this project will be discussed, this includes the effect of the same to the community.
Description of the Project
The Northland project is a multi-million project that was set to begin in the Northland part of Kansas City and generally had begun in 2016, this project encompasses all the known four corners of 152 Highway and N. Platte drive. There will be a development of two future schools constructed on the 80 piece of acres piece of land. This symbolized the goodness of the collaboration between the school management and those who were responsible for booking the dealing process. This was a way of maximizing the community’s potential and offer benefits to the community in return.
Laws/policies involved
The project required policies that would align itself with the current and future states of the Kansas City Development. Strategies of this project were to provide classroom curricula, youth-driven extracurricular activities, peer leadership and parent involvement programs. Community activism was also a matter of great concern since it gave a chance to help in the reduction of alcohol abuse among teens, resisting alcohol. This in turn would increase the student’s self-efficacy to resist alcohol at any particular time and to learn the spirit of making their own decisions. The project’s primary goal to have a school built to accommodate and effect all the necessary strategies. Therefore, this called for the consideration of laws and policies that govern some issues involving land and health in broader prospect. This included the zoning of land use and gave proper regulations. Public facilities has to be built in a manner that considers the potential health hazards in the city. There was a need for building code restrictions and regulations on certain issues relating to the environment. The determination of how the local government did a save a building that was initially abandoned and therefore qualified personnel was involved. The city employed some strategies to improve the quality of health in the city. These included conduction of health education seminars and foster enjoyment and pride in the community. By the environment, the environment protection laws were applied to ensure the safety of the environment.
Impacts to the Community
The project has some consequences to the community in some ways. The kind of health priorities involved here, helped improve the health of the residents through the address of policies that affected the safety of the environment. Having the project address its various policies concerning the status and health of the students will somewhat improve their health in the long run especially matters to do with substance abuse, addiction, and dependence.
References
Watson-Thompson, J. (2016). Community Development for Population Health and Health Equity. Scutchfield and Keck’s Principles of Public Health Practice, 443.
