Sustainable Urban Environments for Human Health

Sustainable Urban Environments for Human Health brings together the ideas underlying frameworks for energy sustainability, urbanization, and human health in a single resource. As the modern world struggles with multiplying crises relating to energy, economic, environmental and public health issues, this book focuses on the synergies by identifying, understanding and anticipating future perspectives, opportunities and challenges for ensuring resilience in a rapidly changing human-driven world. The themes of the book include Ecological Urban Planning for Health, Renewable Energy in Urban Environments, Air Quality, Energy & Respiratory Health, Green Infrastructure & Health, Active Transportation & Health, Energy Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Urban Agriculture, Food Systems, & Energy, and Urban Waste Management & Impact on Human Health. The book caters to researchers, academics, public health professionals and practitioners, policymakers and urban planners and aims to find solutions to the mounting problems of urban cities, taking into account their residents physical and mental health, while preserving biodiversity in urban areas. Written by experts comprising of complementary disciplines covered in this book.

• Presents a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding urban health problems
• Provides knowledge and information about the synergy effect emerging from ecosystem connectivity
• Offers theoretical perspective on practical urban sustainability for transitional and transformational change