the built environment and health

... Environment and Health: media awards One of the key stakeholders in the environment and health debate is the mass media The World Health Youth (WHY) Communication Network on Environment and Health ... UNECE and the WHO Regional Office for Europe: the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP) (8), and the Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection ... ECDC, the Health and Environment Alliance and the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe The Framework aims to protect health, promote health equity and security, and provide...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:22

... simulation’ and ‘4D-CAD’ Use of the term ‘virtual reality’ can direct attention to either the VR medium or the VR system When the term is used to refer to the VR medium there is a focus on the virtual environment ... Reality and the Built Environment (Ijsselsteijn et al., 2000) The immersion and presence that they provide may be important for some built environment applications Some people argue that they are ... displays, and more portable and flexible roll-up screen technologies Though built environment applications have not been major drivers for the development of these 18 Virtual Reality and the Built Environment...

Ngày tải lên: 29/04/2014, 15:46

... change and health N  ovel approaches to environment and health risk assessment Other FP7 themes – in particular Health and “Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology” – will complement environment ... – Revealing the link between air pollution and health Among the environment and health projects funded by FP5, the 20 projects listed here are related ­directly 14 Environment and Health , EEA ... technologies The Environment and Health activity within the Environment (including Climate Change) theme of the Cooperation Programme in FP722 includes specific reference to health effects of EMF and other...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 12:20

... environment and health risks: climate change 34 Emerging environment and health risks: waterborne stressors 38 Emerging environment and health risks: nanoparticles 40 The Environment ... measures and their costs for PCBs, dioxins and indoor air pollution, review of existing information for ozone and heavy metals, and the evaluation of the health and non -health benefits of these ... greatly expanded our understanding of the complex linkages between environmental risk factors and their effects on the health of individuals and populations This knowledge has been central to the development...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 19:20

... design features that together generate the need and provide the opportunity for travel (TRB 2005) 22 Driving and the Built Environment and separate land uses In tune with their recommendations, ... that the interpretations and conclusions drawn in the papers are those of the authors The key findings endorsed by the committee appear in the body of the report The briefings received at the ... although the committee disagreed about whether the changes in development patterns and public policies necessary to achieve the high end of these findings are plausible 8 Driving and the Built Environment...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 21:20

... and economic equity 12 The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement The built environment can either compound these ... environment and health at the national level The model prioritized the places where people live, work, learn, and play” to protect and promote health and safety and prioritized the ideas of healthy ... Health: The State of the Art 31 California Local Public Health Leadership Perspectives on the Built Environment Health officers and executives and environmental health officers from all local Health...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 21:20

... from the Tuscany Region, Italy and the National Health Service (NHS) Scotland;  “Gender inequalities in environment and health , Madrid, Spain, 11–12 November 2009, organized and funded by the ... identified Next to the processes causing the unequal distribution of environmental risks and outcomes, the framework model identifies the institutional landscape and the respective services and actions ... Race, class, and environmental health: a review and systematization of the literature Environmental Research, 69:15–30 Brulle RJ, Pellow DN (2006) Environmental justice: human health and environmental...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... about those woodlands, and those trees in our parks, on our streets, and on the edges of our towns and cities They are the heritage woodlands for the people that live there Where was the debate around ... locust in the Bronx (13%) and Manhattan (23%), Callery pear in Staten Island 12 Trees, people and the built environment The tree census also identified other borough trends in tree health and infrastructure ... environmental, economic and social benefits, contributing enormously to the health and welfare of everyone who lives and works in the urban environment As concerns grow about the quality of the...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... Design refers to the aesthetic, physical, and functional qualities of the built environment, such as the design of buildings and streetscapes, and relates to both land use patterns and the transportation ... Design refers to the aesthetic, physical, and functional qualities of the built environment, such as the design of buildings and streetscapes, and relates to both land use patterns and the transportation ... Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requested the present study to examine the connection between the built environment and the physical activity levels of the U.S population...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 10:20

... Conference on Environment and Health in June 1999 This book brings together the scientific evidence on the main effects of transport on human health and the environment It sets the conceptual ... especially in urban and suburban areas, and their effects monitored and evaluated 33 TRANSPORT, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH Groups at higher risk of the damaging health effects of transport The health effects ... cover the state’s costs in the event of their having an accident would raise the cost of motoring, particularly to those who are a danger to themselves and others Safe driving and the use (and therefore...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 12:20

... Design refers to the aesthetic, physical, and functional qualities of the built environment, such as the design of buildings and streetscapes, and relates to both land use patterns and the transportation ... Design refers to the aesthetic, physical, and functional qualities of the built environment, such as the design of buildings and streetscapes, and relates to both land use patterns and the transportation ... Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requested the present study to examine the connection between the built environment and the physical activity levels of the U.S population...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 19:20

... ERA-ENVHEALTH, environment and health, environment and health research programme, ENVHEALTH, environment and health research project, environment and health research funding, database 15 The ERA-ENVHEALTH ... projects and scientific activities;  to monitor the state of the environment and/ or the state of public health and/ or the interaction of health determinants in environment and public health ; ... “Mostly environment , two for "Environment AND health" : NIOM/Poland whose activities cover “various areas of occupational and environmental health and environmental protection” and EHF/Israel - Environment...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 04:20

... related to the built environment no one scale can be recommended Ideally the selection of the spatial scale will be informed by the theoretical understanding of the processes that link the neighbourhood ... of this study and wrote the first draft of this paper JRP and AMK contributed to the study design and the redrafting of the paper All authors read and approved the final version of the final paper ... that they are often not designed for the analytical purposes for which they are being used and therefore may not entirely meet the needs of the researcher Therefore, in order to ensure their...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

... Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4Division Work and Employment, TNO, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands 5Body@Work, Research Center Physical Activity, Work and Health, TNO-VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The ... Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2Department of Health Sciences, Section Methodology and Applied Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, ... USA) During the entire run, the expired air was analysed on O2 and CO2 by the Ergoanalyzer (Jaeger, the Netherlands), and subsequently expressed in VO max (ml·min·kg -2/3 ) relative to the individuals’...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... buildings and condominiums with damp problems could have their health affected by microbial contamination.35–37) On the other hand, physiological and psychological effects of low humidity and low ... on the indoor environment was studied to identify the influence on the psycho-physiologic condition of the occupants.40) Temperature The relationship between buildings-related symptoms and thermal ... the health of residents The regulation of chemical emission from furniture and the education of residents are required COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS AND REGIONAL HEALTH CENTERS The...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... funded research and development center sponsored by OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... Pot, the Vietnamese quickly wore out their welcome With the support of Thailand (and others further abroad), the Khmer Rouge reconstituted itself as a significant insurgency, and several other ... factors minus the bad factors, and the outcome of the case.5 The good and bad factors summed are the same as those listed in Table S.1 So, for instance, the very first row presents the post-Soviet...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 09:21

... brain start in these accessory systems of the neuronal microenvironment and affect neurons only second hand Therefore, understanding the elements of the neuronal environment and the interactions ... neurons, and with each other, is crucial in understanding the development and impact of most brain diseases All the authors contributing to The Neuronal Environment: Brain Homeostasis in Health and ... one hand, and the potential benefits from a future protective modality, on the other, continue to stimulate the research in this field The complete dependency of the CNS on glucose and O2 for the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 19:20

... U.S.-Turkish discord On the one hand, the Turks felt they had not been sufficiently compensated for either the support they had given the United States or the economic losses they had incurred as ... century Their partnership was forged in the early days of the Cold War and shaped by the Soviet threat Stalins territorial demands after World War IIincluding demands for a base on the Straits and ... the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, (2) the 1990 1991 Gulf War, and (3) the 2003 U.S invasion of Iraq These three factors have had a profound effect on Turkish security perceptionsand...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... volume fracturing of some tight gas and conventional reservoirs in the southern part of the North Sea and in onshore Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK Preliminary indications are that ... gas and conventional reservoirs in the southern part of the North Sea and in Ref: AEA/ED57281/Issue Number 17 Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health ... characterise these effects The study identified a number of issues as presenting a high risk for people and the environment These issues and their significance are summarised in the following...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... in the classroom and within a Web-based environment The issues of health status and health behaviour are continuing themes throughout the subject with specific health topics related to these themes ... learning activity The student also has the opportunity to view their responses and the responses of the other members in their group to the initial, topical questions by accessing the ‘Individual ... Web-based and classroom learning environments; the design and development of a prototype Web environment to facilitate these learning activities; and, the formative evaluation of learning activities and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 21:20