The Impacts of the Built Environment on Public Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2015) | Viewed by 208413
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart healthy cities; urban planning and quality of life; social cohesion and inclusion; active transportation; big data for urban analysis
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Interests: social and healthy living environments; urban green; experiences; wellbeing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing a Special Issue on the impact of the built environment on public health in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.
Improving public health is an important objective for urban planners and policy makers. Public health refers to preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical, mental, and social well-being. The built environment, including neighborhoods, public spaces, parks, housing, and transportation systems may affect public health, through individual transportation choices (e.g., using active modes instead of a car), activity patterns
(e.g., promoting social participation), and environmental exposure. Research, both in cities and rural areas, and in both developing and developed countries, can offer a critical guide for policy efforts and planning for public health.
This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to the impacts of the built environment on public health. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.
Prof. Dr. Harry Timmermans
Dr. Astrid Kemperman
Dr. Pauline van den Berg
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- built environment
- aging in place
- public health
- health geography
- sense of community
- quality of life
- physical activity
- walkability
- social participation
- leisure
- environmental exposure
- emissions
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