Environments and health: Planning decisions as public-health decisions

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-143

  Wells, Nancy M ^a   Evans, Gary W ^a   Yang, Yizhao ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; HOUSING PROVISION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOISE POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 77955587170     PISSN: 07380895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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