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Bringing public health into urban revitalization : workshop summary / Robert Pool and Kathleen Stratton, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine.

Author/creator Pool, Robert, 1955- rapporteur.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2015]
Description1 online resource (1 PDF file (xi, 85 pages))
Supplemental Content Direct link to resource
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorStratton, Kathleen R., rapporteur.
Other author/creatorInstitute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, issuing body.
Other author/creatorNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), issuing body.
Other author/creatorBringing Public Health into Urban Revitalization (Workshop) (2014 : Washington, D.C.)
Contents FrontMatter; Reviewers; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Utilizing Green Technologies in Washington, DC; 3 Rebuilding Efforts in Detroit, Michigan; 4 Transforming New York City; 5 Cross-Cutting Issues That Face All Urban Environments; 6 Closing Remarks; Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographical Sketches
Summary 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.
Local noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
General noteTitle from PDF title page.
General note"The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Funding informationThis activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and Colgate-Palmolive Company, ExxonMobil Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Royal Dutch Shell. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.
Source of descriptionVersion viewed January 25, 2016.
Issued in other formPrint version: Bringing public health into urban revitalization : workshop summary. Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, ©2015 xi, 85 pages 9780309379953
ISBN9780309379960
ISBN0309379962
Standard identifier# 10.17226/21831

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