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Taxonomy Archive: Built environment
20 Apr 2018 |
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Urban Heat Island Index for California
Large urban areas often experience higher temperatures, greater pollution, and more negative health impacts during hot summer months, when compared to more rural communities. This phenomenon is known as the urban heat island. Heat islands are created by a combination of heat-absorptive surfaces (such as dark pavement and roofing), ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation: housing sector
This report considers the scientific evidence regarding possible health gains and, where relevant, health risks of climate change mitigation measures in the residential housing sector.This analysis reviews and evaluates the potential health impacts of mitigation strategies and technologies for the residential building sector, with a ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Cool Houston! A Plan for Cooling the Region: For Clean Air & Quality of Life Benefits
This report sets forth a plan to reduce urban heat island effect, targeting surfaces that often change. Strategies include coop paving, cool roofing, and planting more trees.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Greener Buildings Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A brief summary of how green building standards can be implemented. Focused on California.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Minnesota Healthy Planning: How-To Guide
The Minnesota Healthy Planning How-To Guide includes eight desired health goals to create a sustainable, healthy community and 20 built environment strategies for achieving those desired health goals. This How-To Guide is a set of recommendations, not requirements. Not all strategies are applicable to every setting. The suggested ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Moving Toward Active Transportation: How Policies Can Encourage Walking and Bicycling
Few Americans walk or ride a bicycle as a part of their daily routine. Most rely on their automobiles to go to work, shop for groceries, or just get around. As a result, “active travel,” such as walking or biking for routine trips, is not a significant part of daily life for most Americans, providing […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Policy Approaches to Reducing Health Inequalities
Health inequalities are understood to be unfair and systematic differences in health among and between social groups – differences which need to be addressed through action. These result from social and political circumstances and are therefore potentially avoidable. To address these inequalities, the relationships between the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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City Resilience Toolkit: Response to Deadly Heat Waves and Preparing for Rising Temperatures
Climate change poses signifi cant challenges to cities. As urban populations continue to grow, the need for cities and their residents to adapt to climate change and its impacts becomes increasingly urgent. Extreme heat is one of the health threats already challenging cities in India and around the world.
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Multifunctionality of Green Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure (GI) stands to improve quality of life in many ways, through its environmental, social and economic credentials, based on the multifunctional use of natural capital. Potentially a very valuable policy tool, GI’s multifunctionality could contribute to the achievement of a number of policy aims and fulfil the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Cool Roofs and Cool Pavements Toolkit
The Practical Guide to Cool Roofs and Cool Pavements was developed as an informative primer and implementation guide for cool roofs enthusiasts, from the curious to professionals.