Other author/creator | Stratton, Kathleen R., rapporteur. |
Other author/creator | Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, issuing body. |
Other author/creator | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), issuing body. |
Other author/creator | Bringing 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 note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
General note | Title from PDF title page. |
General note | "The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine." |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
Funding information | This 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 description | Version viewed January 25, 2016. |
Issued in other form | Print version: Bringing public health into urban revitalization : workshop summary. Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, ©2015 xi, 85 pages 9780309379953 |
ISBN | 9780309379960 |
ISBN | 0309379962 |
Standard identifier# |
10.17226/21831 |