The Built Environment and Public Health

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lopez, Russell P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • The Built Environment and Public Health
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • The Author
  • Part One Background and History
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to the Built Environment and Health
  • Dimensions of the Environment
  • Is the Built Environment Really an Environmental Factor?
  • How to Evaluate the Built Environment?
  • Public Perceptions and Assumptions Regarding the Built Environment
  • Cross-Disciplinary Nature of the Study of the Built Environment
  • Placing the Analysis of the Built Environment into a Broader Context
  • Influences on the Built Environment
  • Chapter 2 History
  • The Pre-Industrial Era
  • The Era of Industrialization and Urbanization: 1825-1930
  • Reform Movements, New Technologies, and Changes in Urban Planning and Architecture: 1825-1930
  • Later Reforms and New Initiatives 1930-1980
  • The Current Era: 1980-2010 and Beyond
  • Part Two Community Design
  • Chapter 3 Planning and Urban Design
  • Demographic, Economic, and Social Trends
  • Land Use and Planning Controls
  • Metropolitan Structure and Health
  • Chapter 4 Transportation Policies
  • Current Patterns of Transportation in the United States
  • Automobiles and Health
  • Highways and Health
  • Mass Transit and Health
  • Bike Safety and Infrastructure
  • Walking and Health
  • Chapter 5 Healthy Housing and Housing Assistance Programs
  • The Housing Problem
  • The Regulatory Framework
  • Chapter 6 Infrastructure and Natural Disasters
  • Natural Disasters: An Introduction
  • Natural Disaster Response
  • Part Three Environmental Media
  • Chapter 7 Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality
  • Overview
  • Land Use, the Built Environment, and Air Quality
  • Air Pollutants
  • Air Pollution-Associated Health Conditions
  • Chapter 8 Water
  • Impact of Water on Health
  • Infrastructure
  • Drinking Water
  • Chapter 9 Food, Nutrition, and Food Security
  • Foodborne Illnesses
  • Food Insecurity
  • Environmental Effects of Farming and Food Production
  • Part Four Population Health
  • Chapter 10 Vulnerable Populations
  • The Built Environment and Vulnerability
  • The Definition of Race
  • Poverty
  • Children and Environmental Health
  • The Elderly and the Built Environment
  • Persons with Disabilities
  • Chapter 11 Mental Health, Stressors, and Health Care Environments
  • The Beginnings
  • Biophilia
  • The Role of Stressors and Allostatic Load
  • Chapter 12 Social Capital
  • Theory and Historical Beginnings
  • Measuring Social Capital
  • Improving Social Capital
  • Chapter 13 Environmental Justice
  • The Environmental Justice Movement
  • A History of the Environmental Justice Movement
  • Disproportionate Burden
  • Additional Limitations of Environmental Justice Actions
  • Lessons
  • Part Five Tools and Applications
  • Chapter 14 Assessment Tools and Data Sources
  • Tools to Inform Decision Making
  • Information Tools
  • Chapter 15 Health Policy and Programs
  • Public Health Interventions
  • Community Interventions
  • School-Based Interventions

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