The Health Cost of Transport in Cities

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The study aims to provide an understanding of health cost assessments of different transport modes in urban contexts, and their relevance for transport planning and political decision-making. RECENT FINDINGS: There is strong evidence that motorized transportation imposes a high he...

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Autores principales: Gössling, Stefan, Nicolosi, Jessica, Litman, Todd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
Materias:
Built Environment and Health (MJ Nieuwenhuijsen and AJ de Nazelle, Section Editors)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33686593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40572-021-00308-6
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description PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The study aims to provide an understanding of health cost assessments of different transport modes in urban contexts, and their relevance for transport planning and political decision-making. RECENT FINDINGS: There is strong evidence that motorized transportation imposes a high health cost on society, and specifically children. In contrast, active transport is a very significant health benefit. SUMMARY: Economic analyses support urban change in favor of compact neighborhoods and public transit, as well as infrastructure exclusively devoted to active transport. Private cars need to be restricted because of the high cost they impose on society.
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spelling pubmed-82089112021-07-01 The Health Cost of Transport in Cities Gössling, Stefan Nicolosi, Jessica Litman, Todd Curr Environ Health Rep Built Environment and Health (MJ Nieuwenhuijsen and AJ de Nazelle, Section Editors) PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The study aims to provide an understanding of health cost assessments of different transport modes in urban contexts, and their relevance for transport planning and political decision-making. RECENT FINDINGS: There is strong evidence that motorized transportation imposes a high health cost on society, and specifically children. In contrast, active transport is a very significant health benefit. SUMMARY: Economic analyses support urban change in favor of compact neighborhoods and public transit, as well as infrastructure exclusively devoted to active transport. Private cars need to be restricted because of the high cost they impose on society. Springer International Publishing 2021-03-08 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8208911/ /pubmed/33686593 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40572-021-00308-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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