Translating National Policy to Improve Environmental Conditions Impacting Public Health Through Community Planning

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fiedler, Beth Ann (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical policy.; Environmental policy.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Health Policy.; Environmental Policy.

This first-of-its-kind volume traces rarely explored links between public policy, the state of the environment, and key issues in public health, with recommendations for addressing longstanding intractable problems. Experts across diverse professions use their wide knowledge and experience to discus...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of Indicators Affecting Public Health
• Home and Community Infrastructure: Energy-Efficient Housing
• Planning Healthy Communities: Abating Preventable Chronic Diseases (Childhood Obesity)
• Restoring Urban Ecosystems
• Healthy Modes of Transportation
• Resource Sharing When Designing Space for the Aging, Youth, Families
• Urban Health Access
• Sustainable Business Ventures
• Rethinking the Benefits of National Parks: Eliminating Man-made Barriers
• Making Water in the Desert (Israel).-National Perspectives on the Individual Value of Land Ownership.-National Environmental Regulation and Comparative Health Policy Literature.-Child Mortality in Pakistan: A Healthcare or Social/Environmental Issue?
• The War on Poverty and Associated Diseases
• Personal Gardens of Eden
• Environmentally Responsible Health Practices: Green Health.-Health in European Cities
• Immigration Impact in Turkey.