Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities
- ISBN-10
- 1559633050
- ISBN-13
- 9781559633055
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 338
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-07-09
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Authors
- Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, Richard J. Jackson
Description
'Urban Sprawl and Public Health' offers a survey of the impact that the built environment can have on the health of the people who inhabit our cities. The authors go on to suggest ways in which the design of cities could be improved & have a positive impact on the well-being of their citizens.
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