Transport, access, and health

Kent, J

Transport, access, and health

Kent, J

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Citation:: Urban Form and Accessibility: Social, Economic, and Environment Impacts, 2021, pp. 207-222
Issue Date:: 2021-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kent, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8063-9503
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-05T23:08:41Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-05T23:08:41Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Urban Form and Accessibility: Social, Economic, and Environment Impacts, 2021, pp. 207-222
dc.identifier.isbn	9780128198223
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dc.description.abstract	There are countless links between transport and health. Most obvious are the direct health consequences of transport modes, including impacts on respiratory health, and bodily injury and death associated with transport-related accidents. There are also less obvious health consequences associated with transport’s primary role: to enable access to jobs, family, friends, healthy food, open space, and spaces of care. If access is constrained by the inability to travel, or by long distances between uses, individuals are exposed to health risks associated with isolation as well as limited in their ability to engage in healthy activities such as regular exercise. Transport can therefore have a positive and negative effect on health, and it is the structure and function of the transport network that determines this impact. This chapter first reviews existing evidence on the links between transport and health and emphasizes the way the private car mediates many of these associations. It then outlines the components of a healthy transport system with an emphasis on the way urban form determines these components and concludes with a brief discussion of opportunities for future research.
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dc.title	Transport, access, and health
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Abstract:

There are countless links between transport and health. Most obvious are the direct health consequences of transport modes, including impacts on respiratory health, and bodily injury and death associated with transport-related accidents. There are also less obvious health consequences associated with transport’s primary role: to enable access to jobs, family, friends, healthy food, open space, and spaces of care. If access is constrained by the inability to travel, or by long distances between uses, individuals are exposed to health risks associated with isolation as well as limited in their ability to engage in healthy activities such as regular exercise. Transport can therefore have a positive and negative effect on health, and it is the structure and function of the transport network that determines this impact. This chapter first reviews existing evidence on the links between transport and health and emphasizes the way the private car mediates many of these associations. It then outlines the components of a healthy transport system with an emphasis on the way urban form determines these components and concludes with a brief discussion of opportunities for future research.

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