Here Again is the Purpose of this Blog

: "Healthy Architecture
The purpose of this web blog is to collect and dissemiate information about the health aspects of architecture and city planning.

I myself am a nursing student interested in Occupational & Environmental Health. I hope to someday become a Nurse Practioner and work to build healthier cities and buildings. Much of the Information collected on this site will directly relate to my Master's thesis in Nursing or else to other similar work being done in other cites facing similar public health issues.

The central questions revolve around: Are the cities we build helping to kill us? If so, in what way and to what degree? What are the greatest public health consequences of such architectural decisions? What solutions can be proposed that would help to work around the additional obstacles of the architecture which we have built and how can we build buildings and cities that are more healthful?

I look forward to any imput from anyone that relates to these goals.

To Start the Ball rolling... the aspects of public health that are being influenced by our archiecture include increased motorized transport dependence leading to increased air pollution which has been shown to effect both the respiratory system, contributing to an epidemic in pediatric asthma and allergies. Air pollution is significantly linked with increased cardiac incidents in patients with current cardiac problems. Transport dependence also has had a huge effect on the cardiovascular health of even indi"