The world is currently witnessing its largest surge of urban growth in human history; a trend
that draws attention to the need to understand and address health impacts of urban living …

Childhood and adolescence are crucial periods for mental and social development.
Currently, mental illness among young people is a global epidemic, and rates of disorders …

This study investigated the relationship between overall satisfaction with the urban
environment and its soundscape and landscape based on a subjective evaluation of the …

Environmental justice organizations (EJO) have introduced or adopted powerful concepts
and principles to analyze and to cope with environmental conflicts. Among others are …

Building on the success of its second edition, the third edition of The Sustainable Urban
Development Reader offers an unrivalled selection of classic and contemporary readings …

In 2002, the year it was published, The Environmentalism of the Poor was one of the first
books examining in a multidisciplinary perspective three parallel environmental movements …

With an emphasis on the role of parks in urban environments, studies on soundscape, which
assess sound quality, have focused on human perception. In particular, various studies have …

The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad
ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats …

Existing studies of the health effects of urban form have focused overwhelmingly on physical
health. The potential role of neighborhood environment in promoting people's positive …

An urgent and timely story of the contentious politics of incorporating environmental justice
into global climate change policy Although the science of climate change is clear, policy …