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Advances in Transportation and Health

Tools, Technologies, Policies, and Developments

Book2020

Edited by:

Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen and Haneen Khreis

Advances in Transportation and Health

Tools, Technologies, Policies, and Developments

Book2020

 

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Edited by:

Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen and Haneen Khreis

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Transportation and Health provides state-of-the-art knowledge on the many linkages between transport and health, the available tools needed to estimate and evaluate the health impa ... read full description

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    Pages 469-481

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Transportation and Health provides state-of-the-art knowledge on the many linkages between transport and health, the available tools needed to estimate and evaluate the health impacts of transport, future technologies, the developments that can change the direction and magnitude of the health impacts, and the policy and education issues that can result in better practice and knowledge translation. The book provides valuable information on how and why to take health into consideration in transport planning and policy, showing how to estimate the impacts of transport on health in planning, policymaking, education and workforce development.

Transportation and Health provides state-of-the-art knowledge on the many linkages between transport and health, the available tools needed to estimate and evaluate the health impacts of transport, future technologies, the developments that can change the direction and magnitude of the health impacts, and the policy and education issues that can result in better practice and knowledge translation. The book provides valuable information on how and why to take health into consideration in transport planning and policy, showing how to estimate the impacts of transport on health in planning, policymaking, education and workforce development.

Key Features

  • Explores the latest advances on the full spectrum of connections between transport and health
  • Offers a "roadmap" on how transport impacts health
  • Includes tools for analyzing and estimating the health impacts of transport
  • Shows what research and practice gaps need attention
  • Includes contributions from leading scholars, practitioners and policymakers
  • Explores the latest advances on the full spectrum of connections between transport and health
  • Offers a "roadmap" on how transport impacts health
  • Includes tools for analyzing and estimating the health impacts of transport
  • Shows what research and practice gaps need attention
  • Includes contributions from leading scholars, practitioners and policymakers

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ISBN

978-0-12-819136-1

Language

English

Published

2020

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Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Editors

Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen

ISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

Haneen Khreis

ISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH), Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), College Station, TX, United States