Growing Public Health Concerns from Poor Urban Air Quality: Strategies for Sustainable Urban Living

Urban sustainable development from public participation in urban management

Urban management in any context has a different economic, social and political structure, which is in harmony with the existing models of organization. In spite of these differences, in order to reach a sustainable urban development, several different conferences should be referred to. In the “Brundtland Commission 1987” about urban sustainable development these definitions have been given: “pr...

urban sustainable development from public participation in urban management

urban management in any context has a different economic, social and political structure, which is in harmony with the existing models of organization. in spite of these differences, in order to reach a sustainable urban development, several different conferences should be referred to. in the “brundtland commission 1987” about urban sustainable development these definitions have been given: “pr...

Urban Air Quality Management

Keeping Healthy in an Urban Environment: Public Health Challenges for the Urban Poor

Senior Consultant with Bitrán g Asociados in Santiago, Chile; Paavo Monkkonen worked on this chapter while working as a Consultant for the World Bank. This chapter is based largely on material contained in a background paper written for this report by Bitrán, Giedion, and Valenzuela (2003). The chapter benefited from the comments and suggestions of Isabela Danel and Marianne Fay. 5 Keeping Heal...

EVIDENCE BASED PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND PRACTICE Predicted health impacts of urban air quality management

Study objective: The 1995 UK Environment Act required local authorities to review air quality and, where UK National Air Quality Strategy objectives (except ozone) are likely to be exceeded in 2005, to declare local air quality management areas and prepare action plans. This study modelled the impacts on health of reductions from current levels of PM10 to these objectives. Design: The framework...