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.

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Pool, Robert, 1955- [rapporteur.]

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TextPublisher: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xi, 85 pages))Content type:

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9780309379960
0309379962

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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

Abstract: 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.

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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.

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.

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