Urban Sprawl and Public Health

by Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson

Three leading US public health and urban planning experts explore an intriguing question: How does the physical environment in which we live affect our health? For decades, growth and development in our communities has been of the low-density, automobile-dependent type known as sprawl. The authors examine the direct and indirect impacts of sprawl on human health and well-being, and discuss the prospects for improving public health through alternative approaches to design, land use, and transportation. The book offers a summary of the evidence linking adverse health outcomes with sprawling development, and outlines the complex challenges of developing policy that promotes and protects public health.

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Healthy Urban Planning

by Barton and Tsourou

Today there is a need to make health objectives central to the urban planning process, to improve living conditions and produce increased health, well-being, quality of life and productivity of the citizens. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of access to jobs, goods and services all impact upon health. This book provides practical advice on ways to integrate health and urban planning.

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