Urban Sprawl and Public Health
Subtitle: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: July 9, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781559633055
Subjects: Health systems & services; Urban & municipal planning; Politics / Current Events; Environmental aspects; Environmental Health; Urban Planning; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; House & Home; Politics - Current Events; Do-It-Yourself; Growth; Political Science / City Planning & Urban Development; Cities and towns; Public Health; Reference; Health Policy; City planning
First sentence: In 1956, the Federal Highway Act set out to "disperse our factories, our stores, our people, in short, to create a revolution in living habits."
Description: "In Urban Sprawl and Public Health, three of the nation's leading public health and urban planning experts take a comprehensive look at the interface of urban planning, architecture, transportation, community design, and public health. They summarize the evidence linking adverse health outcomes with sprawling development, and outline the complex challenges of developing policy that promotes and protects public health. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned with issues of public health, urban planning, transportation, architecture, or the environment."--BOOK JACKET.