Urban Sustainability and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being

Global environmental challenges such as climate change, rapid urbanization, and human influence on the environment lead to diseases and negative impacts on health and quality of life. Urban communities represent an unsustainable pattern of urbanization that accelerates the decline of global ecosystems services. By focusing on reducing environmental and social risk factors, almost a quarter of the global burden of disease can be avoided through better health promotion strategies and improved prevention and hygiene measures. Urban Sustainability and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being explores the interdisciplinary connections between the environment and human health, focusing on new ideas and suggestions for promoting sustainable development and human health and well-being.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 335 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: IGI Global

The world faces numerous pressing environmental challenges, including climate change, rapid urbanization, and human impacts on the environment. These challenges have far-reaching consequences, leading to diseases, negative impacts on health, and a decline in the quality of life. It is crucial to develop more sustainable and healthy environments that prioritize prevention by addressing the root causes of disease.

Urban communities, characterized by high levels of services, consumption, and waste, represent an unsustainable pattern of urbanization. This rapid growth accelerates the decline of global ecosystems services, rather than supporting them through the compensatory contributions of peri-urban and rural areas. By focusing on reducing environmental and social risk factors, we can avoid almost a quarter of the global burden of disease through better health promotion strategies and improved prevention and hygiene measures.

Urban Sustainability and Energy Management of Cities for Improved Health and Well-Being emphasizes the interdisciplinary connections between the environment and human health. It offers innovative ideas and suggestions for promoting sustainable development and improving human health and well-being. The book provides a new approach to analyzing human impacts on the natural environment and explores how the environment can influence human lifestyles and health. Furthermore, it examines the opportunities and challenges faced by urban communities as they strive to become sustainable systems embedded in their diverse and complex social and environmental contexts.

The book covers a wide range of topics, including affordable housing, ecological waste materials, and urban health. It serves as a valuable resource for environmentalists, civil engineers, government officials, architects, libraries, students, and anyone interested in addressing environmental challenges and promoting sustainable development. By understanding the interconnectedness between the environment and human health, we can work towards creating healthier, more sustainable, and resilient cities and communities.

Dimension: 279 x 216 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781668440315