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Making Healthy Places

WEBThe environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health …

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Healing from Trauma by Building for Health

WEBLaurie Mazur is the editor for the Kresge Foundation/Island Press Urban Resilience Project, which is working to advance a holistic, transformative approach to …

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Schools That Heal

WEBWhat would a school look like if it was designed with mental health in mind? With invaluable advice for school administrators, public health experts, teachers, and parents, Schools …

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Urban Sprawl and Public Health

WEBIn Urban Sprawl and Public Health, Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson, three of the nation's leading public health and urban planning experts explore …

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Richard J. Jackson

WEBRichard J. Jackson, MD, MPH, is Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also a …

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Biodiversity Change and Human Health

WEBBiodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the …

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Protecting Public Health and the Environment

WEBWhen an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully …

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For the Health of the Land

WEBAldo Leopold's classic work A Sand County Almanac is widely regarded as one of the most influential conservation books of all time. In it, Leopold sets forth an eloquent plea for the …

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Andrew L. Dannenberg

WEBAndrew L. Dannenberg, MD, MPH, is an affiliate professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and in the Department of Urban …

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Precision Community Health

WEB"This relatively brief book is [Choucair’s] passionate thesis…The book is highly readable, effectively communicating the benefits and logic of such an all-encompassing [precision …

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Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

WEBEcosystems and Human Well-being is the first product of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), a four-year international work program designed to meet the needs of …

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In Cities, Protecting Nature Starts With Protecting People

WEBA Changing Climate Means A Changing Society. The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, Supported By The Kresge Foundation And The JPB Foundation, Is Committed …

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Biodiversity and Human Health

WEBThe implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health.

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Fix It and They Will Come

WEBA Changing Climate Means A Changing Society. The Island Press Urban Resilience Project, Supported By The Kresge Foundation And The JPB Foundation, Is …

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Planetary Health

WEBIn spite of lingering global public health problems, human wellbeing has never been better. In the past 65 years through scientific advancement, for example, the proportion of the …

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Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation

WEBClimate Resilience for an Aging Nation. 236 pages. 6 x 9. 20 black-and-white illustrations, photographs, line art, and maps. Danielle Arigoni. E-book Format. $29.99. ISBN: …

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9 Questions on Climate Change and Health Every Candidate …

WEBKathy Dervin is a Senior Climate and Health Specialist at the Center for Climate Change and Health at the Public Health Institute. From 2009–2104 she was the …

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H. Bruce Franklin

WEBH. Bruce Franklin has taught at Stanford University, Johns Hopkins, Wesleyan, and Yale and currently is the John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies at …

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Island Press Takes Action on Climate Change

WEBOn Monday January 30th I had the privilege of accompanying the Island Press team on a quest to affect political change. Thanks to a group of generous donors …

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Suit Halts New York City's Misguided Restaurant Salt Warning Labels

WEBThis post was originally published on Reason.com and is reposted with permission.. Last fall, New York City's health department adopted the nation's first and …

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