INDICE: Dedication Acknowledgments The Author Part I Background and History1 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 2 History The Pre-Industrial Era The Era of Industrialization and Urbanization: 18251930 Reform Movements, New Technologies, and Changes in Urban Planning and Architecture: 18251930 Later Reforms and New Initiatives 19301980 The Current Era: 19802010 and Beyond Part II Community Design 3Planning and Urban Design Demographic, Economic, and Social Trends Land Use and Planning Controls Metropolitan Structure and Health 4 Transportation Policies Current Patterns of Transportation in the United States Automobiles and Health Highways and Health Mass Transit and Health Bike Safety and InfrastructureWalking and Health 5 Healthy Housing and Housing Assistance Programs The Housing Problem The Regulatory Framework 6 Infrastructure and Natural Disasters Natural Disasters: An Introduction Natural Disaster Response Part III Environmental Media 7 Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality Overview Land Use, the Built Environment, and Air Quality Air Pollutants Air PollutionAssociated Health Conditions 8 Water Impact of Water on Health Infrastructure Drinking Water 9 Food, Nutrition, and Food Security Foodborne Illnesses Food Insecurity Environmental Effects of Farming and Food Production Part IV Population Health 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 11 Mental Health, Stressors, and Health Care Environments The Beginnings Biophilia The Role of Stressors and Allostatic Load 12 Social Capital Theory and Historical Beginnings Measuring Social Capital Improving Social Capital 13 Environmental Justice The Environmental Justice Movement A History of the Environmental Justice Movement Disproportionate Burden Additional Limitations of Environmental Justice Actions Lessons Part V Tools and Applications 14 Assessment Tools and Data Sources Tools to Inform Decision Making Information Tools 15 Health Policy and Programs Public Health Interventions Community Interventions School-Based Interventions Individual Level Interventions Legal Basis for Built Environment Regulation Inserting Health into City General Plans 16 Sustainability Defining Sustainability Sustainability and Equity Measures of Sustainability The Local Sustainability Movement The Role of Environmental Design in Sustainability
- ISBN: 978-0-470-62003-8
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 11/01/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés