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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, PhD , Lawrence Frank , Richard J. JacksonPublisher: Island Press Imprint: Island Press Edition: 2nd None ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.480kg ISBN: 9781559633055ISBN 10: 1559633050 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 09 July 2004 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsNo one chooses to be obese, in poor health, or stuck in traffic. Frumkin, Jackson, and Frank make the compelling point that unless Americans are given more choice in where and how they live and travel, all of us will bear the burden, not just in terms of extra pounds, but also in terms of lower quality of life, higher health care costs, reduced life expectancy, and greater isolation, especially at the vulnerable beginning and end of our lives. I hope every elected and appointed official in the U.S. reads this book and then acts on it to avert the economic and health crisis that is fast headed our way. -- Governor Parris N. Glendening president, Smart Growth Leadership Institute Years ago, we could see that the correlation between sprawl and poor health should be made. Now it is done. Urban Sprawl and Public Health details how our lifestyle leads to serious health problems. This book should be reviewed widely and its facts should be known by all of us. It will be one of the central texts of the New Urbanism. --Andres Duany, author of Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream No one chooses to be obese, in poor health, or stuck in traffic. Frumkin, Jackson, and Frank make the compelling point that unless Americans are given more choice in where and how they live and travel, all of us will bear the burden, not just in terms of extra pounds, but also in terms of lower quality of life, higher health care costs, reduced life expectancy, and greater isolation, especially at the vulnerable beginning and end of our lives. I hope every elected and appointed official in the U.S. reads this book and then acts on it to avert the economic and health crisis that is fast headed our way. --Governor Parris N. Glendening "president, Smart Growth Leadership Institute " Author InformationHoward Frumkin is Dean of the University of Washington's School of Public Health. Richard Jacksonis Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at University of California Los Angeles. Larry Frank is Bombadier Chair in Sustainable Transportation Systems at the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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