Integrating human health into urban and transport planning : a framework /: a framework. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Haneen Khreis, editors.
• Editors: Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J; Khreis, Haneen
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Part I: Introduction and Key Concepts; Chapter 1: Urban and Transport Planning, Environment and Health; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 The Era of the City; 1.1.2 Beyond the Benefits of City Living; 1.2 Linking Urban and Transport Planning, Environment and Health; 1.3 Assessing the Health Impacts of Urban and Transport Planning; 1.4 Paradigms of Cities; 1.5 Policies; 1.6 This Book; References; Chapter 2: Health, Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Urban Policy and Its Contribution to Reducing Infectious and Non-communicable Diseases 2.3 Urban Health Risks from Poor Air Quality and Extreme Climate Events2.4 Translating the Evidence into Good Policy; 2.5 Focusing on the Most Vulnerable Populations; 2.6 Critical Constraints to Delivering Improved Health; 2.6.1 Understanding Urban Form; 2.6.2 Multisectoral Approaches to Support Health Interventions; 2.7 Urban Policies that Support Improved Public Health; 2.7.1 Transport and Mobility; 2.7.2 Energy; 2.7.3 Water Sanitation and Waste Management; 2.7.4 Land Use Planning and Design and Provision of Green Space; 2.7.5 Food and Nutrition; 2.7.6 Housing; 2.7.7 Slum Upgrading 2.8 The SDGs, the New Urban Agenda and Health2.8.1 Setting the Health-Based Targets for Clean Air, Water and Energy; 2.8.2 Urban Polices and Their Health Implications; 2.8.3 Reducing the Health Costs Through Good Urban Design; 2.8.4 Monitoring and Tracking Health Impacts in Cities; 2.8.5 Community Engagement in Supporting Improved Health Outcomes; 2.9 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Sustainable Cities, Policies and Healthy Cities; 3.1 Introduction: Linking Sustainability Policies to Public Health; 3.2 The Epidemiologic Transition and Modern Health Concerns 3.3 Pursuing Sustainability as a Strategy for Addressing Current Chronic and Degenerative Diseases3.4 Governance and Environmental Justice; 3.5 The Natural and Built Environment; 3.6 Sustainable Cities' Policies and Public Health in the United States; 3.6.1 The Empirical Issues; 3.6.2 The Dependent Variables: Chronic Health Outcomes; 3.6.3 The Independent Variables: City Sustainability Policies and Sustainability Policies; 3.7 Analysis and Results; 3.8 Discussion; References; Chapter 4: Livable Cities: Concepts and Role in Improving Health; 4.1 IMCL Principles of True Urbanism 4.2 Facilitate Community Social Life4.3 Facilitate Contact with Nature; 4.4 Facilitate Independent Mobility; 4.5 A Hospitable Built Environment that Frames Social Life; 4.6 Why Are Cities Not Achieving These Health-Related Livability Goals?; 4.7 To Conclude; References; Chapter 5: Healthy Cities: A Political Movement Which Empowered Local Governments to Put Health and Equity High on Their Agenda; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Healthy Cities Mission and Goals; 5.3 Healthy Cities Network Model; 5.4 Local Leadership for Health and Sustainable Development; 5.5 Epilogue; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.1/042; Environment; City planning -- Health aspects; Urban health; Public health; Health planning; Environmental Medicine; Medical geography; Traffic Engineering; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; City planning -- Health aspects; Health planning; Public health; Urban health; Social Science -- Human Geography; Medical -- Public Health; Technology & Engineering -- Civil -- General; Human geography; Public health & preventive medicine; Highway & traffic engineering; Environmental medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319749839; 3319749838
• Related ISBNs: 9783319749822; 331974982X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 18, 2018).
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