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Transport And Health: A Marriage Of Convenience Or An Absolute Necessity
Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen1, Haneen Khreis2, Ersilia Verlinghieri2
1CREAL, Barcelona, Spain.
Background:
The recent diesel scandal has again highlighted the impact that the transport sector can have on public health.
Aim:
To describe the current impact of transport planning on public health.
Result:
Transport is fundamental to our cities' economic and social development, but causes large health effects and impact through accidents, air pollution, noise, green space and lack of physical activity.
Conclusion:
There is an urgent need to rebalance and provide better and safer infrastructures and policy support for transport, and particularly, active transport modes, building a new culture for it. A parallel transition in transport and urban planning is needed to improve, in a global and structural way, the relations between urban mobility and health.
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