{"product_id":"the-built-environment-and-public-health-isbn-9780470620038","title":"The Built Environment and Public Health","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Built Environment and Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e explores the impact on our health of the environments we build for ourselves, and how public health and urban planning can work together to build settings that promote healthy living. This comprehensive text covers origins and foundations of the built environment as a public health focus and its joint history with urban planning, transportation and land use, infrastructure and natural disasters, assessment tools, indoor air quality, water quality, food security, health disparities, mental health, social capital, and environmental justice. \u003ci\u003eThe Built Environment and Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e explores such timely issues as  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBasics of the built environment and evidence for its influences\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow urban planning and public health intersect\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow infrastructure improvements can address chronic diseases and conditions\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eMeeting the challenges of natural disasters\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003ePolicies to promote walking and mass transit\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eApproaches to assess and improve air quality and our water supply\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003ePolicies that improve food security and change how Americans get their food\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow the built environment can address needs of vulnerable populations\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eEvidence-based design practices for hospitals and health care facilities\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eMental health, stressors, and health care environments\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eTheories and programs to improve social capital of low-income communities\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow the built environment addresses issues of health equity and environmental justice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis important textbook and resource includes chapter learning objectives, summaries, questions for discussion, and listings of key terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompanion Web site: www.josseybass.com\/go\/lopez\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One Background and History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction to the Built Environment and Health 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions of the Environment 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs the Built Environment Really an Environmental Factor? 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Evaluate the Built Environment? 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Perceptions and Assumptions Regarding the Built Environment 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Disciplinary Nature of the Study of the Built Environment 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlacing the Analysis of the Built Environment into a Broader Context 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfluences on the Built Environment 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 History 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pre-Industrial Era 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Era of Industrialization and Urbanization: 1825–1930 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReform Movements, New Technologies, and Changes in Urban Planning and Architecture: 1825–1930 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLater Reforms and New Initiatives 1930–1980 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Current Era: 1980–2010 and Beyond 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Community Design\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Planning and Urban Design 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemographic, Economic, and Social Trends 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLand Use and Planning Controls 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetropolitan Structure and Health 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Transportation Policies 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurrent Patterns of Transportation in the United States 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutomobiles and Health 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighways and Health 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMass Transit and Health 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBike Safety and Infrastructure 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalking and Health 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Healthy Housing and Housing Assistance Programs 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Housing Problem 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Regulatory Framework 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Infrastructure and Natural Disasters 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Disasters: An Introduction 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Disaster Response 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three Environmental Media\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLand Use, the Built Environment, and Air Quality 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAir Pollutants 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAir Pollution–Associated Health Conditions 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Water 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpact of Water on Health 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfrastructure 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrinking Water 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Food, Nutrition, and Food Security 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoodborne Illnesses 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood Insecurity 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Effects of Farming and Food Production 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four Population Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Vulnerable Populations 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Built Environment and Vulnerability 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Definition of Race 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChildren and Environmental Health 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Elderly and the Built Environment 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersons with Disabilities 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Mental Health, Stressors, and Health Care Environments 209\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beginnings 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiophilia 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Stressors and Allostatic Load 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Social Capital 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheory and Historical Beginnings 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasuring Social Capital 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImproving Social Capital 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Environmental Justice 247\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Environmental Justice Movement 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA History of the Environmental Justice Movement 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisproportionate Burden 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Limitations of Environmental Justice Actions 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Five Tools and Applications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Assessment Tools and Data Sources 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTools to Inform Decision Making 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformation Tools 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Health Policy and Programs 287\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Health Interventions 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity Interventions 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchool-Based Interventions 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividual Level Interventions 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegal Basis for Built Environment Regulation 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInserting Health into City General Plans 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Sustainability 301\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining Sustainability 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainability and Equity 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasures of Sustainability 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Local Sustainability Movement 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Environmental Design in Sustainability 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 401\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“An exceptional book for professionals and students alike. Planning, community health, and design issues are nested in well structured sections. The author does an incredibly good job documenting the sources of both historical and contemporary aspects of such a wide ranging subject matter\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e” \u003ci\u003e—Robert Voigt, in Civic Blogger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Written in an easy-to-understand style, \u003ci\u003eThe Built Environment and Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e by Russell P. Lopez contains a wealth of information. The data supplied substantiate the author’s concern that public health is definitely affected by the environment that we have built for ourselves… a must-read for all who work in public health.” —\u003ci\u003eDorothea M. Volzer, MFA, in Florida Journal of Environmental Health\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRUSSELL P. LOPEZ, MRP, DS\u003csmall\u003eC\u003c\/small\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e has taught courses on the built environment and environmental health at Brown, Boston, and Northeastern Universities. He has published extensively on issues related to health equity and impacts of the built environment.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Built Environment and Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e explores the impact on our health of the environments we build for ourselves, and how public health and urban planning can work together to build settings that promote healthy living. This comprehensive text covers origins and foundations of the built environment as a public health focus and its joint history with urban planning, transportation and land use, infrastructure and natural disasters, assessment tools, indoor air quality, water quality, food security, health disparities, mental health, social capital, and environmental justice. \u003ci\u003eThe Built Environment and Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e explores such timely issues as  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBasics of the built environment and evidence for its influences\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow urban planning and public health intersect\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow infrastructure improvements can address chronic diseases and conditions\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eMeeting the challenges of natural disasters\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003ePolicies to promote walking and mass transit\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eApproaches to assess and improve air quality and our water supply\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003ePolicies that improve food security and change how Americans get their food\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow the built environment can address needs of vulnerable populations\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eEvidence-based design practices for hospitals and health care facilities\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eMental health, stressors, and health care environments\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eTheories and programs to improve social capital of low-income communities\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eHow the built environment addresses issues of health equity and environmental justice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis important textbook and resource includes chapter learning objectives, summaries, questions for discussion, and listings of key terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompanion Web site: www.josseybass.com\/go\/lopez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990178840805,"sku":"NP9780470620038","price":70.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470620038.jpg?v=1761786805","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-built-environment-and-public-health-isbn-9780470620038","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}