Harbin possesses the largest housing stocks of Heilongjiang province, which provides accommodation for 3.3 million people, of which public housing is for about 210 thousand people. To meet the growing need for public housing, the government has committed to produce 73,650 public flat units in the next three year as its long-term housing policy. To meet this production target, the government off...

Introduction Are you involved in land use planning? Do you review applications for development? In Colorado, as in many other states, local pub­ lic health agencies (LPHAs) do provide these services. When local planning departments want to know the public health impacts of a proposed project, they generally refer the de­ velopment application to the LPHA’s environ­ mental health (EH) division. ...

INTRODUCTION The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is designed to encourage active and safe transportation for children to school. This report examines the potential broader impact of these programs on communities within 0.5 mile (0.8 km) of schools. METHODS We used a geographic information system to generate estimates of the land area within 0.5 mile of public schools in 4 U.S. Census-def...

Indonesia has experienced rapid land use change over the last few decades as forests and peatswamps have been cleared for more intensively managed land uses, including oil palm and timber plantations. Fires are the predominant method of clearing and managing land for more intensive uses, and the related emissions affect public health by contributing to regional particulate matter and ozone conc...

There are more opportunities for public participation in the planning and zoning process today than there were decades immediately after states adopted first enabling acts. As a result, today, participation, dominated by nearby residents, drives most land use decisions. Enhanced rights often seen as an unqualified good but is long history of community control cementing racial segregation, entre...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether the long term lease of public hospital owned land could be an additional financing mechanism for Greek public (mental) health hospitals. METHODS We performed a financial analysis of the official 2008 data of a case - study hospital (Mental Health Hospital of Chania). We used a capital budgeting approach to investigate whether value is created for the public h...