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Urban Sustainability and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being (Hardcover)
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Urban Sustainability and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being (Hardcover)
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Global environmental challenges such as climate change, rapid
urbanization, and human influence on the environment continue to
grow. Many of these resulting risks lead to diseases and negative
impacts on health and quality of life. It is now essential to
develop more sustainable and healthy environments with greater
focus on prevention by targeting the root causes of disease. Urban
communities comprise a high concentration of services, consumption,
and waste and represent an unsustainable pattern of urbanization
that accelerates the decline of global ecosystems services rather
than supporting them through the compensatory contributions of
peri-urban and rural areas. By focusing on reducing environmental
and social risk factors, almost a quarter of the global burden of
disease can be avoided through better health promotion strategies
and improved prevention and hygiene measures. Urban Sustainability
and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being
highlights the interdisciplinary connections between the
environment and human health, focusing on new ideas and suggestions
for promoting both sustainable development and human health and
well-being. It creates a new approach to the analysis of human
impacts on the natural environment and, conversely, determines how
the environment can modulate human lifestyles and health.
Furthermore, this book explores opportunities and challenges urban
communities face as they seek to become sustainable systems
embedded in their diverse and complex social and environmental
contexts. Covering topics such as affordable housing, ecological
waste materials, and urban health, this premier reference source is
an essential resource for environmentalists, civil engineers,
government officials, architects, libraries, students and educators
of higher education, urban planners, researchers, and academicians.
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