How the built environment can help protect mental health in a changing climate

When people think about climate change, they often picture melting glaciers, stronger storms, rising temperatures, or ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Health and the Environment in the Southeastern United States: Rebuilding Unity: Workshop Summary

In the United States, the “built” environment—the environment designed and constructed by humans—has been greatly influenced by the rapid population growth in this country in the last 50 years. During ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary

Low population density, land use mix, and connectivity define urban sprawl, and urban sprawl is a major outcome of development strategies in the United States. Since the early 20th century, the ...
Nature

Health and the built environment

This Collection suppports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing. In light of the importance of this research in promoting UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, this ...
Nature

Built Environment Influences on Physical Activity and Health Outcomes

The design and configuration of urban and rural environments exert a critical influence on the levels and types of physical activity undertaken by populations and thus shape a broad spectrum of health ...
The Conversation

Environment and health: a connection that remains unseen in the Climate Change Conferences

In a conversation with Luciana Julião, environment editor at The Conversation Brasil, during COP30 in Belém, Fiocruz researcher and environmental health specialist Sandra Hacon explained why the ...