Description
Sustainable Urban Environments for Human Health integrates concepts related to energy sustainability, urbanization, and human health into a single comprehensive resource. This book addresses the multifaceted global crises involving energy, economy, environment, and public health by exploring synergies and anticipating future perspectives, opportunities, and challenges to ensure resilience in a rapidly evolving human-driven world. Themes include ecological urban planning for health, renewable energy in urban environments, air quality and respiratory health, green infrastructure and health, active transportation and health, energy equity and social determinants of health, urban agriculture and food systems.- Presents a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding urban health problems- Provides knowledge and information about the synergy effect emerging from ecosystem connectivity- Offers a theoretical perspective on practical urban sustainability for transitional and transformational change
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 Ecovillages and energy in the Global SouthCHAPTER 2 It is not only about TECH—renewables in an urban space: Tenets, Essence, ChallengesCHAPTER 3 Vector-borne diseases and human well-being in urban settlementsCHAPTER 4 Waterborne diseases and urban settlements: a case study from BangladeshCHAPTER 5 Spatial accessibility and resource capacity analysis of healthcare facilities in the city of SarajevoCHAPTER 6 Strategies to reduce air pollution through sustainable energy practices in households, economy, and urban mobilityCHAPTER 7 Investigating the link between urban air quality, energy consumption, and respiratory healthCHAPTER 8 Investigating the role of urban agriculture in implementing the European Green Deal: a case study from PolandCHAPTER 9 Green spaces and mental health in urban India: scientific evidence, equity challenges, and policy pathwaysCHAPTER 10 Green infrastructure and its multifunctional benefits at urban centersCHAPTER 11 Impacts of urban green infrastructure on human well-being and healthCHAPTER 12 Sustainability in later life: profiling older adults' proenvironmental beliefs and behaviors using network analysisCHAPTER 13 Transdisciplinary frameworks of urban energy and health research
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