Ensuring environmental health in post industrial cities : workshop summary / Bernard D. Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Bernard D.

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine.

Conference Name:

Ensuring Environmental Health in Postindustrial Cities. Workshop (2003 : Pittsburgh, PA)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Environmental sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Science, Research, and Medicine held a regional workshop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 13, 2003. This workshop was a continued outgrowth from the Roundtable's first workshop when its members realized that the challenges facing those in the field of environmental health could not be addressed without a new definition of environmental health-one that incorporates the natural, built, and social environment. The Roundtable realized that the industrial legacy is not unique to Pittsburgh. Other cities around the world have seen their industries disappear, and it is only a matter of time before some of the Pittsburghs of today, such as Wuhan, China, (a sister city) will need to address similar problems. One goal for this IOM Environmental Health Roundtable Workshop is to extract lessons from Pittsburgh's experience in addressing the post-industrial challenge, distilling lessons that might be useful elsewhere.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Contents

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Keynote: Ensuring Environmental Health in Pennsylvania

3 The Changing Face of Pittsburgh: A Historical Perspective

4 Special Issue for Pittsburgh: Our Rivers

5 Improving Health in the Built Environment: A Daunting but Doable Challenge

6 Community-Past, Present, and Future

7 Systems, Built Environment- Past, Present, Future

8 Where Do We Go from Here?

References

Appendixes

Appendix A Agenda

Appendix B Speakers and Panelists

Appendix C Meeting Participants.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-309-16688-8

1-280-17943-0

9786610179435

0-309-52717-1

OCLC:

70771498