Integrating Human Health into Urban and Transport Planning: A Framework

ISBN 10: 331974982X / ISBN 13: 9783319749822

Edité par Springer, 2018

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Titre : Integrating Human Health into Urban and ...

Éditeur : Springer

Date d'édition : 2018

Reliure : Couverture rigide

Etat : New

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Enhances understanding of the linkages between factors in environmental and developmental processes affecting human health
Provides a conceptual framework for transport planning, environmental exposure, physical activity, and health impacts in an urban context
Develops strategies for future action and research on integrated environmental and urban health and development by analyzing current evidence and case studies

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Prof. Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen is a world leading expert in environmental exposure assessment, epidemiology, and health risk/impact assessment with a strong focus and interest on healthy urban living. He has experience and expertise in areas of all cause mortality, respiratory and cardiovascular disease, mental health and cognitive function, cancer and reproductive health, and exposure measurement and modelling of indoor and outdoor air pollution, green space, UV exposure, noise, temperature and physical activity, using new technology such as GIS, smartphones, personal sensors, and remote sensing. He has edited three books on exposure assessment and on environmental epidemiology, and has co-authored more than 350 papers published in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Haneen Khreis is a cross-disciplinary expert in the health impacts of transport planning and policy. She has experience in transport planning and engineering, vehicle emissions, air quality, exposure assessment, epidemiology, health impact and burden of disease assessment, child health, policy options generation, knowledge translation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and the science-policy link in transport and health. She has published extensively on the topic and is editing a new book on Traffic-Related Air Pollution, Human Exposures and Health.