BUILT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT TO MICROCLIMATE (AIR TEMPERATURE)

Heart Disease Tradeoffs: The Built Environment, Air Pollution, and Activity

In many areas urban planners have begun to incorporate physical activity considerations into neighborhood design. But simply designing cities that encourage people to be more physically active may not go far enough to protect the population from heart disease, according to a study that compares the relative risks of inactivity and air pollution exposure within a large metropolitan population [E...

The impact of local built environment attributes on the elderly sociability

Due to the change of lifestyle and improvement of public health the number of aged people has considerably increased. Considering the relationship of the environment and people, the built environment features could exacerbate or facilitate the elderly people’s vulnerability and social needs. Recently, a large number of studies have put emphasis on the relationship between the neighborhood...

The Impact of Built Environment on Walkability, Case Study: North-West of Shiraz

Climate change impact on microclimate of work environment related to occupational health and productivity.

INTRODUCTION Climate change is a global emergency that influences human health and occupational safety. Global warming characterized by an increase in temperature of the ambience and humidity affects human health directly impairing body thermoregulation with serious consequences: dehydration, fatigue, heat stroke and even death. Several studies have demonstrated negative effects of climate chan...

built environment features and its impact on air pollution (case study: surrounding areas of fourteen air quality monitoring stations in tehran)

the relationship between public health and urban planning is an innovative and important issue that it has prominent position in future urban planning. in this context, adverse air quality condition and air pollutant concentrations higher than the permitted limit set by the world health organization is considered as a threat to the health of citizens in big cities. according to result of air po...