Integrating Human Health into the Urban Development and Transport Planning Agenda: A Summary and Final Conclusions

2018 ◽  
pp. 707-718
Author(s):  
Mark Nieuwenhuijsen ◽  
Haneen Khreis
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Transport Planning

scholarly journals The Analysis of Interface of Social-Technical Aspects within Transport Planning and Urban Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-50
Author(s):  
Ylber Limani ◽  
Binak Beqaj ◽  
Vlora Aliu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Transport Planning ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technological Effectiveness ◽  
Organizational Science

This paper discusses the essentials of social-technical aspects of urban development and transport planning. It describes the role and position of human factor in urban development and transport planning and its interface with technical elements. The paper argues the possibilities of optimization of the correlation between human factors and technical elements using the social-technical insights related turban design and transport planning. The research methodology has been based on qualitative empirical and theoretical approaches using the methods of combination the direct observation and the analysis of documents, and the literature. The working methodology has been based on the concept of organizational science emphasizing the importance of balance between human health, well-being and technological effectiveness.

scholarly journals A Theoretical Framework for Bolstering Human-Nature Connections and Urban Resilience via Green Infrastructure

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Parker ◽  
Greg D. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Ecologically Sustainable

Demand for resources and changing structures of human settlements arising from population growth are impacting via the twin crises of anthropogenic climate change and declining human health. Informed by documentary research, this article explores how Urban Resilience Theory (URT) and Human-Nature Connection Theory (HNCT) can inform urban development that leverages urban green infrastructure (UGI) to mitigate and meditate these two crises. The findings of this article are that UGI can be the foundation for action to reduce the severity and impact of those crises and progress inclusive and sustainable community planning and urban development. In summary, the URT promotes improvement in policy and planning frameworks, risk reduction techniques, adaptation strategies, disaster recovery mechanisms, environmentally sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel energy, the building of social capital, and integration of ecologically sustainable UGI. Further, the HNCT advocates pro-environmental behaviors to increase the amount and accessibility of quality remnant and restored UGI to realize the human health benefits provided by nature, while simultaneously enhancing the ecological diversity and health of indigenous ecosystems. The synthesis of this article postulates that realizing the combined potential of URT and HNCT is essential to deliver healthy urban settlements that accommodate projected urban population growth towards the end of the 21st-century.

scholarly journals The Function and Perception of Urban Ecosystem Services in the Society

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Fredrik Edlund ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Economic Gain ◽  
Urban Ecosystem Services ◽  
Social Environmental

The urban development that is now taking place globally has led to the most extensive permanent land use that has caused ecosystems to be destroyed and the depletion of natural resources. Today, about 50% of the world’s population lives in urbanized cities and by 2030 it is estimated to be about 70%. The fact that we gather in larger numbers in cities means that we transport large volumes of resources to these areas, which gives rise to waste and emissions, which places a burden on the neighboring environment to the it’s limits. This leads to problems for both human health and society’s economy, which is because the ecosystems that help us, collapse. To counter this, a better urban planning is required which includes the environment in society as ecosystem services. The problem with ecosystem services is that they do not have a commercial value, which makes it difficult to implement since they do not indicate any economic gain. Therefore, it is necessary to increase knowledge about how they contribute so that they can be correlated to how they contribute to society from three aspects: economic, social, environmental.

Lycopene alleviates sulfamethoxazole-induced hepatotoxicity in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) via suppression of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 8547-8559
Author(s):  
Hongjing Zhao ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Mengyao Mu ◽  
Menghao Guo ◽  
Hongxian Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Grass Carp ◽  
Aquatic Environment ◽  
Ctenopharyngodon Idellus

Antibiotics are used worldwide to treat diseases in humans and other animals; most of them and their secondary metabolites are discharged into the aquatic environment, posing a serious threat to human health.

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