PSY435H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Foodborne Illness, Hearing Loss, Osteoporosis
Document Summary
Health, place and nature: how outdoor environments influence health and. Knowledge base how outdoor environments influence health and well-being: relationship between the built environment and health gains, urban planning is believed to be a significant determinant of health, healthy urban area includes: High degree of participation and control by inhabitants over decisions affecting their lives, health and well-being. Access to a wide variety of experiences and social/cultural resources. Enabling connections with the cultural and biological heritage of the various urban. An urban form that is compatible with enhancement of all other specified inhabitants. characteristics. Optimum level of appropriate public health and care services. High levels of positive health outcomes and low morbidity levels: poorest people experience the worse conditions, less nature that comes with urbanization leads to lesser well-being. Aspects of the outdoor environment the influence health (direct: air we breathe, the scenery, natural spaces, road traffic, air pollution, noise, floods, and climate can influence health.
