Environmental Health by Howard Frumkin

Author:Howard Frumkin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781118988060
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2016-02-23T00:00:00+00:00

Discussion Questions

Assume you are moving to a new city. What are the priorities you might consider as you make your decision about where in that city to live? What are the potential direct health impacts of your decision? What are the indirect health impacts?

You have been asked by local officials to increase the number of children who walk to school in your community. How would you undertake this project?

Given limited resources, what changes to the built environment could you recommend in a disadvantaged, low-income community to promote physical activity? What outcome would you expect from such changes?

You have been asked to perform a health impact assessment for a highway expansion project. What information about the community and about the project would you request? What kinds of recommendations are you likely to be making to mitigate the adverse impacts and promote the healthy aspects of this proposed project?

Name three vulnerable populations in your city or town. For each one, answer these questions: Why is this population vulnerable? What specific health challenges does this populations face as a result of community design choices?

What are the reasons that some land-use and transportation planners might offer if they are reluctant to incorporate health considerations into their decisions?

What is the metropolitan planning organization for your city? Study its Web site and answer these questions: What are the organization's urban and regional planning initiatives that promote health? What are its urban and regional planning initiatives that inadequately address health?

Given resources from a major international foundation, what three interventions would you propose to improve the health of urban populations in a low-income country?

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