Health at the Crossroads
Transport Policy and Urban Health
Published on 27. November 1996
Book
Hardback
354 pages
978-0-471-96272-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is of interest to health care professionals, academics, transport policy makes and local national government officers..." (International Journal of Environmental Science, Vol. 56, No. 1, 1999)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
656 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-96272-4 (9780471962724)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Partial table of contents: POLLUTION AND HEALTH. Transport and Health: Assessing the Risks (A. McMichael). Research Methods in Air Pollution Epidemiology (K. Katsouyanni). Health Effects of Air Pollution from Traffic: Ozone and Particulate Matter (J. Shwartz). TRAFFIC AND INJURY. Issues in Transport Injury Research (P. Bly). Road Safety in the Developing World (G. Jacobs). THE WIDER PUBLIC HEALTH. Evaluating the Wider Impact on Health and Quality of Life (J. Ashton). Health Promotion: The Potential of Non-Motorized Transport (M. Hillman). CITY CASE STUDIES. Issues in Planning for Heterogeneous Traffic: The Case Study of Delhi (G. Tiwari). TRANSPORT POLICIES. Sustainable Transport Policies: State of the Art (F. Walter, et al.). Index.