Creating Healthy Places Through Active Mobility
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Publisher :
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 47,72 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Bicycle commuting
ISBN : 9789810924805
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 47,72 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Bicycle commuting
ISBN : 9789810924805
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Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,72 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Bicycle commuting
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Author : Beate Müller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 29,27 MB
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319997564
In order to build a sustainable transport system for people and goods that meets the needs of all users, a truly integrated and seamless approach is needed, and the full potential of transformative technologies has to be exploited. This can only be achieved if user-centeredness, cross-modality and technology transfer become the paradigm of shaping future transport. Mobility4EU is a project funded by the European Commission that focusses on these topics and is working on delivering an action plan towards a user-centric and cross-modal European transport system in 2030. The authors of this contributed volume are dedicated scholars and practitioners connected to Mobility4EU either as partners or external contributors. Their contributions focus on understanding user needs and report on technologies and approaches that support the tailoring of a user-centered cross-modal transport system for passengers and freight on long distances and in the urban context.
Author : Kathleen McCormick
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,51 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780874202823
Based on worldwide public health data, this report lays out the premise for building healthy places and illuminates the role of the real estate and development community in addressing public health issues. This is an essential resource for public officials, real estate developers, engineers, consultants, and students of urban planning.
Author : Melissa Liow Li Sa
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,8 MB
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9819954517
This book offers theoretical and practical insights into land use, transport, and national policies in one of world’s well-known urban concrete jungle, none other than the Singapore city. The emphasis is situated on Singapore’s attempt to promote walking and cycling. Greater appreciation of walkability thrives on Singapore’s rich history, green city, people and the gastronomic kopitiam and hawker culture. The book offers a comprehensive coverage of walkability as a crucial component of urban design to reduce vehicular congestion with the associated carbon emissions, foster a healthy lifestyle and community participation and create jobs to help the economy. A high income per capita and an aging society, lessons drawn from Singapore’s experience will be useful to other societies. Scholars in sustainable tourism field, urban planners, government bodies, tourist boards, entrepreneurs, national parks board, residents, and inbound travellers will benefit from reading the book.
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 34,34 MB
Release : 2017
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ISBN : 9789811137433
Author : Helen Pineo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 30,79 MB
Release : 2022-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9811696470
The globally distributed health impacts of environmental degradation and widening inequalities require a fundamental shift in understandings of healthy urbanism. This book redefines the meaning and form of healthy urban environments, urging planners and design professionals to consider how their work impacts population health and wellbeing at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The concepts of equity, inclusion and sustainability are central to this framing, reversing the traditional focus on individuals, their genes and ‘lifestyle choices’ to one of structural factors that affect health. Integrating theory and concepts from social epidemiology, sustainable development and systems thinking with practical case studies, this book will be of value for students and practitioners.
Author : Julie Vallee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 21,98 MB
Release : 2024-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789451094
Everyday mobility is neither favorable nor unfavorable to health. While it can facilitate social interactions, increase access to remote services, or encourage physical activity, it can also generate pollution, promote the spread of epidemics or cause traffic accidents. This book presents different facets of the relationship between daily mobility and health, focusing on the environments (geographical, social and political) that people live and move around in. It analyzes the role of mobility in the mechanisms of environmental exposure and diffusion, as well as the resulting health inequalities. It deals with active modes of travel (mainly walking and cycling) and the local contexts that are conducive to them. Finally, it offers a critical reading of the place given to everyday mobility in policies to combat obesity and rationalize regional healthcare provision.
Author : Ann Forsyth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1351177575
Good housing. Easy transit. Food access. Green spaces. Gathering places. Everybody wants to live in a healthy neighborhood. Bridging the gap between research and practice, it maps out ways for cities and towns to help their residents thrive in placed designed for living well, approaching health from every side – physical mental, and social.
Author : Andrew L. Dannenberg
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1610910362
The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats inherent in places already built. However, there has been little awareness of the adverse effects of what we have constructed-or the positive benefits of well designed built environments. This book provides a far-reaching follow-up to the pathbreaking Urban Sprawl and Public Health, published in 2004. That book sparked a range of inquiries into the connections between constructed environments, particularly cities and suburbs, and the health of residents, especially humans. Since then, numerous studies have extended and refined the book's research and reporting. Making Healthy Places offers a fresh and comprehensive look at this vital subject today. There is no other book with the depth, breadth, vision, and accessibility that this book offers. In addition to being of particular interest to undergraduate and graduate students in public health and urban planning, it will be essential reading for public health officials, planners, architects, landscape architects, environmentalists, and all those who care about the design of their communities. Like a well-trained doctor, Making Healthy Places presents a diagnosis of--and offers treatment for--problems related to the built environment. Drawing on the latest scientific evidence, with contributions from experts in a range of fields, it imparts a wealth of practical information, with an emphasis on demonstrated and promising solutions to commonly occurring problems.