Urban sprawl and public health : designing, planning, and building for healthy communities / Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, Richard Jackson.

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2004]

xxi, 338 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ch. 1. What is sprawl? What does it have to do with health? -- Defining and measuring sprawl -- Core concepts : land use and transportation -- Varieties of sprawl -- The subjective experience of sprawl -- Overview of this book -- ch. 2. The origins of sprawl -- Transportation -- The pull of the suburbs -- Expanding cities : from growth to no growth -- The automobile age -- Zoning -- Federal housing policy and suburban growth -- Urban sprawl in the postwar years -- Conclusion -- ch. 3. The evolution of urban health -- Urban pestilence and filth -- Industrial pollution in cities -- The social pathology of city life -- The future of urban health -- ch. 4. Air quality -- Land use, transportation, air quality, and health : a model -- Travel behavior, emissions, and air quality -- Air quality and public health -- Conclusion -- ch. 5. Physical activity, sprawl, and health -- The varieties of physical activity -- The health benefits of physical activity -- Physical activity and the built environment -- LImits to what we know -- Conclusion.

ch. 6. Injuries and deaths from traffic -- Motor vehicle crashes -- Pedestrian injuries and fatalities -- The risk of leaving home -- ch. 7. Water quantity and quality / with Steve Gaffield -- Water and health : an overview -- The hydrology of sprawl -- Sprawl and water quality -- Conclusion -- ch. 8. Mental health -- The mental health benefits of sprawl -- The mental health costs of sprawl -- Driving and mental health -- Sprawl and mental health : the big picture -- ch. 9. Social capital, sprawl, and health -- What is social capital? -- The decline of social capital -- Does social capital affect health? -- Does sprawl undermine social capital? -- The role of income inequality -- Conclusion -- ch. 10. Health concerns of special populations -- Women -- Children -- The elderly -- Poor people and people of color -- People with disabilities -- Conclusion -- ch. 11. From urban sprawl to health for all -- Healthy places -- Smart growth -- Limits to smart growth -- A public health approach to smart growth -- A shared vision : land use and transportation for public health -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-323) and index.