Abstract
A lot is known about environmental quality in cities and its health effects: noise causes
sleep problems and has effects on blood pressure, toxic air emissions may cause lung
disease and walkable neighborhoods invite everyday physical activities. We find many
epidemiological studies that identify environmental stressors and resources.
Furthermore, some of these studies reveal social inequalities with respect to health
within cities: deprived people are more often exposed to environmental burdens, have
fewer resources available to cope with or to escape from these burdens – they are more vulnerable – and do in the end face more illnesses or even live shorter lives than less deprived people living in the same city (CSDH 2008).
sleep problems and has effects on blood pressure, toxic air emissions may cause lung
disease and walkable neighborhoods invite everyday physical activities. We find many
epidemiological studies that identify environmental stressors and resources.
Furthermore, some of these studies reveal social inequalities with respect to health
within cities: deprived people are more often exposed to environmental burdens, have
fewer resources available to cope with or to escape from these burdens – they are more vulnerable – and do in the end face more illnesses or even live shorter lives than less deprived people living in the same city (CSDH 2008).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Toxic News |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Sept 2018 |
Keywords
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