Human mobility and human health

Motor vehicles have become the dominant form of transport, but this has had a number of negative human health outcomes. While public health originally drove the need to reduce densities, the latest research now favours the move to more compact cities where active transport can be improved as a trans...

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Main Authors: Newman, Peter, Matan, Annie
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12934
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description Motor vehicles have become the dominant form of transport, but this has had a number of negative human health outcomes. While public health originally drove the need to reduce densities, the latest research now favours the move to more compact cities where active transport can be improved as a transport option. The benefits for healthy transportation choices, economic value and social health are outlined.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-129342017-09-13T16:07:07Z Human mobility and human health Newman, Peter Matan, Annie Motor vehicles have become the dominant form of transport, but this has had a number of negative human health outcomes. While public health originally drove the need to reduce densities, the latest research now favours the move to more compact cities where active transport can be improved as a transport option. The benefits for healthy transportation choices, economic value and social health are outlined. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12934 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.08.005 Elsevier restricted
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url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12934