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Physical Enviorment Flashcards

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History of urban planning and health 1800s

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  • people lived in slums (crowded, disease ridden, dirty)
  • many disease (TB, typhoid, cholera)
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John snow

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Beginning of epidemiology
- found what causes of cholera disease (traced it to contaminated water)
**drove city planning

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History of urban planning 1900s

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-germ theory
- biomedical viewpoint
- behavioural focus on disease
- urban planning and public health were separated

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History of urban planning (post WWII)

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  • promotion of economic growth
  • planning : distinct area of practice (separated departments, no big picture)
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20th century ideas and impact

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  • importance of separating residential p, commercial, and industrial land use —> leads to urban sprawl, suburbia and increased dependence on automobiles
  • population concentration in urban area unhealthy
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21st century health issues because of urban sprawl

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  • traffic fatalities
  • respiring and cardiac illness
  • physical inactivity
  • air pollution
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21st century urban planning

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Planning and public sectors working together
- focus on mixed use planning ( apartment buildings and shops)
- non automotive options (public transportation)

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Urban planning focus Alberta

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  • deser urban format
  • better street concetivity
  • improved transportation options (public and private )
  • affordable housing
  • nutrition access, air quality, safety concerns
  • opportunities for activity
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Environment is a

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Positive feedback loop

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What defines good housing

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  • proper ventilation
  • green areas
  • size
  • safe environment
  • clean water/ heating
  • low crime
  • affordability
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Energy poverty

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  • being able to attain or afford adequate levels of energy services at home to meet one’s needs, maintain health indoor temperatures, and live a decent life
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Percentage of Canadian households the face energy poverty

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6-19%

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Energy poverty leads to

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  • increased risk of cardiovascular and respitory diseases, hospitalizations, and mortality; an exacerbation of some chronic diseases;poorer general and mental health
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How does homelessness contribute to poor health

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  • addiction
  • poor nutrition
  • violence
  • exposed to wealthier element s
  • rape
  • stress
  • poor sanitation
  • diseases
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Is housing a human right in Canada

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Yes

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Cost of housing

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  • 2021, 20.9% of Canadian households spent more than 30% on housing
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Impacts on cost of housing

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  • increased likely was of food insecurity
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Core housing needed

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  • living in unsuitable, inadequate or unaffordable dwelling and unable to afford alternative housing
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How many canadains lived in core housing needed

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1.5 million
8.8% children

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Neighborhood impact on health

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  • area level socioeconomic variables are strongly associated with individual level health outcomes
  • neighborhoods impact child readiness for school and development
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Neighborhood
Deprivation amplification

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  • direct relationship between opportunities and the income and education of residence
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Pooper and lesss education are more likely to

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Live in impoverished neighborhoods

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More affluent neighborhoods generate

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Better health outcomes for their residence

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Disordered neighborhoods

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  • poorly functioning punlic services
  • increased stress, powerlessness, and risky behaviour
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Dangerous ecology

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  • vulnerable people are less likely to be watcher over or offered assistance
  • seen more in disordered neighborhoods
  • stems from disaster
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Social integration

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An important factor in safety and health in neighborhoods

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Urban planning

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  • access to recreational facilities and spaces
  • adequate lighting at night
  • transportation policies
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Social housing

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  • combat high housing prices
  • affordable social housing
  • housing first initiatives

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