Planetary health asserts that human health is contingent on the health of ecosystems. While the field has grown significantly since 2015, no known research has tested the expediency of planetary health as an applied values framework in local sustainability governance. This article seeks to address this gap by answering: how useful is planetary health for understanding the way citizens value nature and how nature shapes their health and wellbeing? What are the implications for using planetary health as a sustainability governance framing? Blue Mountains City Council is arguably the first local government globally to adopt a planetary health approach to its strategic framing of sustainability. This makes the Blue Mountains, Australia, an internationally relevant case study for contributing original knowledge about the usefulness of planetary health for sustainability governance. Through this case study, I undertook a face-to-face survey (n = 85) in March and April 2022 with Blue Mountains residents on their values associated with planetary health. I used the IPBES Assessment for Diverse Values of Nature as the basis for thematic analysis of the survey data. The article presents a first outline of residents’ planetary health values. Planetary health was found to be an effective means of understanding diverse nature-health values. Local governments can consider using planetary health in its strategic planning, outcomes monitoring and financial reporting. Future research can consider how planetary health values are prioritised in respect to other values framings and improve knowledge of planetary health by understanding of how people with diverse life experiences value nature-health relationships.

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行星健康价值及其对可持续治理的影响：澳大利亚蓝山市的案例研究

行星健康主张人类健康取决于生态系统的健康。尽管自 2015 年以来该领域取得了显着发展，但尚无已知研究测试过将地球健康作为地方可持续治理应用价值框架的适宜性。本文旨在通过回答以下问题来解决这一差距：行星健康对于理解公民重视自然的方式以及自然如何塑造他们的健康和福祉有多大用处？使用地球健康作为可持续发展治理框架有何影响？蓝山市议会可以说是全球第一个在可持续发展战略框架中采用地球健康方法的地方政府。这使得澳大利亚蓝山成为一个具有国际相关性的案例研究，为可持续治理贡献关于地球健康有用性的原创知识。通过这个案例研究，我于 2022 年 3 月和 4 月对蓝山居民进行了一次面对面调查（n = 85），了解他们与地球健康相关的价值观。我使用 IPBES 对自然多样性价值的评估作为调查数据主题分析的基础。本文首次概述了居民的地球健康价值观。人们发现，行星健康是理解不同自然健康价值观的有效手段。地方政府可以考虑在其战略规划、成果监测和财务报告中利用地球健康。未来的研究可以考虑如何相对于其他价值观框架优先考虑行星健康价值观，并通过了解具有不同生活经历的人们如何重视自然与健康关系来提高对行星健康的认识。