Urban Policy, Urban Health, Mass Transit - Subways, Buses, etc., Urban Transportation, Transportation & Public Work Policies

Health At The Crossroads

Name: Health At The Crossroads
Author: Fletcher
ISBN: 9780471962724

by Fletcher, McMichael

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Overview

This book examines the health effects of urban traffic, focusing on traumatic injury and pollution-related respiratory disease. It suggests innovative policy initiatives and evaluates the expected public health benefits.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

Synopsis

International Journal of Environmental Science

This book is of interest to health care professionals, academics, transport policy makes and local national government officers, and important addition to the analysis of this problem.

About the Author, Fletcher

Fletcher, Tony (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine); McMichael , Anthony J. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

The contributors represent the specialties of public health, epidemiology, and environmental health. Most are from research institutes and universities in ten countries, including the U.K., the U.S., Denmark, Switzerland, and India. Institutions prominently represented include ECOPLAN and Indian Institute of Technology.

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"This book is of interest to health care professionals, academics, transport policy makes and local national government officers, and important addition to the analysis of this problem." (International Journal of Environmental Science, Vol. 56, No. 1, 1999)

International Journal of Environmental Science

This book is of interest to health care professionals, academics, transport policy makes and local national government officers, and important addition to the analysis of this problem.

International Journal of Environmental Science

This book is of interest to health care professionals, academics, transport policy makes and local national government officers, and important addition to the analysis of this problem.

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Taking advantage of the apparent filtering of light on the matter to policy makers in recent years, 28 papers consider the impact of transportation policy on the health of various groups and the population as a whole. They report on such aspects as approaches to scientific uncertainty, injuries and deaths on the roads internationally, raising the profile of health in setting urban agendas, and whether the market can deliver if the full cost of cars is assessed. They also describe conditions and responses in Europe, Arhus, Bangkok, Delhi, Boston, and London. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.