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Bringing Public Health Into Urban Revitalization: Workshop Summary

AUTHOR Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine; Institute of Medicine
PUBLISHER National Academies Press (01/21/2016)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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A particularly valuable opportunity to improve public health arises when an urban area is being redesigned and rebuilt following some type of serious disruption, whether it is caused by a sudden physical event, such as a hurricane or earthquake, or steady economic and social decline that may have occurred over decades. On November 10, 2014, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop concerning the ways in which the urban environment, conceived broadly from factors such as air quality and walkability to factors such as access to fresh foods and social support systems, can affect health. Participants explored the various opportunities to reimagine the built environment in a city and to increase the role of health promotion and protection during the process of urban revitalization. Bringing Public Health into Urban Revitalization summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop.

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ISBN-13: 9780309379953
ISBN-10: 0309379954
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 98
Carton Quantity: 0
Product Dimensions: 6.00 x 0.30 x 9.00 inches
Weight: 0.35 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Medical | Public Health
Medical | General
Medical | Health Policy
Dewey Decimal: 338.6
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016427676
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A particularly valuable opportunity to improve public health arises when an urban area is being redesigned and rebuilt following some type of serious disruption, whether it is caused by a sudden physical event, such as a hurricane or earthquake, or steady economic and social decline that may have occurred over decades. On November 10, 2014, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop concerning the ways in which the urban environment, conceived broadly from factors such as air quality and walkability to factors such as access to fresh foods and social support systems, can affect health. Participants explored the various opportunities to reimagine the built environment in a city and to increase the role of health promotion and protection during the process of urban revitalization. Bringing Public Health into Urban Revitalization summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop.

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