Loading...
Transport and health: a marriage of convenience or an absolute necessity
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark Khreis, Haneen Verlinghieri, Ersilia Rojas-Rueda, David
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
Khreis, Haneen
Verlinghieri, Ersilia
Rojas-Rueda, David
Abstract
Background: The recent diesel scandal has again highlighted the impact that the transport sector can have on public health. Aim: To describe the current impact of transport planning on public health. Result: Transport is fundamental to our cities' economic and social development, but causes large health effects and impact through accidents, air pollution, noise, green space and lack of physical activity. Conclusion: There is an urgent need to rebalance and provide better and safer infrastructures and policy support for transport, and particularly, active transport modes, building a new culture for it. A parallel transition in transport and urban planning is needed to improve, in a global and structural way, the relations between urban mobility and health.
Keywords
Date
2016
Type
Journal article
Journal
Environment International
Book
Volume
88
Issue
Page Range
150-152
Article Number
ACU Department
Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Collections
Relation URI
Source URL
Event URL
Open Access Status
License
File Access
Controlled