Cristin-resultat-ID: 1811353
Sist endret: 20. mai 2021, 13:21
NVI-rapporteringsår: 2020
Resultat
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2020

Are compact cities a threat to public health?

Bidragsytere:
  • Camilla Martha Ihlebæk
  • Petter Næss og
  • Harpa Stefansdottir

Tidsskrift

European Planning Studies
ISSN 0965-4313
e-ISSN 1469-5944
NVI-nivå 1

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 2020
Publisert online: 2020
Trykket: 2021
Volum: 29
Hefte: 6
Sider: 1021 - 1049

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Scopus-ID: 2-s2.0-85086874725

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Tittel

Are compact cities a threat to public health?

Sammendrag

Whereas compact cities have long been suggested to be the most sustainable solution for urban development, the health impacts of living in dense urban environments are contested. We present results from a mixed-methods study on the associations between built environment (residential location, neighborhood density, and distance from green space), and general health, back pain, headache, and depressive symptoms in Oslo metropolitan area, Norway. The study indicates that the built environment has some associations with health. However, it does not support claims from an earlier study of aggregate-scale comparisons of geographical districts about overall negative health impacts of living in the central parts of Oslo. Overall, living close to the main city center, appears to contribute to better self-reported general health, whereas high local-area density showed a slight opposite association. Otherwise, there were in general few associations between spatial characteristics of the neighborhood and different health complaints. Based on this and earlier findings, we suggest that the built environment influences residents’ health via different mechanisms that are partly counteracting each other. Whereas inner-city dwellers are more exposed to air pollution and noise, they travel more by physically active modes, avoid time-consuming and dissatisfactory commutes, and might benefit from more social arenas.

Bidragsytere

Camilla Martha Ihlebæk

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for velferd, ledelse og organisasjon ved Høgskolen i Østfold
  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for folkehelsevitenskap ved Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet
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Petter Næss

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for by- og regionplanlegging ved Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet

Harpa Stefansdottir

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for by- og regionplanlegging ved Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet
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