Academic Journal
Transport and health: a look at three Latin American cities
| العنوان: | Transport and health: a look at three Latin American cities |
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| المؤلفون: | Janeth Mosquera Becerra, Rodrigo S. Reis, Lawrence D. Frank, Farah A. Ramirez-Marrero, Benjamin Welle, Eugenio Arriaga Cordero, Fabian Mendez Paz, Carlos Crespo, Veronica Dujon, Enrique Jacoby, Jennifer Dill, Lynn Weigand, Carlos M. Padin |
| المصدر: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Vol 29, Iss 4, Pp 654-666 (2013) |
| بيانات النشر: | Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pendular Migration, Transportation, Bicycling, Walking, Medicine, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Transport is associated with environmental problems, economic losses, health and social inequalities. A number of European and US cities have implemented initiatives to promote multimodal modes of transport. In Latin America changes are occurring in public transport systems and a number of projects aimed at stimulating non-motorized modes of transport (walking and cycling) have already been implemented. Based on articles from peer-reviewed academic journals, this paper examines experiences in Bogotá (Colombia), Curitiba (Brazil), and Santiago (Chile), and identifies how changes to the transport system contribute to encourage active transportation. Bus rapid transit, ciclovias, bike paths/lanes, and car use restriction are initiatives that contribute to promoting active transportation in these cities. Few studies have been carried out on the relationship between transport and physical activity. Car ownership continues to increase. The public health sector needs to be a stronger activist in the transport policy decision-making process to incorporate health issues into the transport agenda in Latin America. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English Spanish; Castilian Portuguese |
| تدمد: | 1678-4464 0102-311X |
| Relation: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2013000400004&tlng=en; http://www.scielo.br/pdf/csp/v29n4/04.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1678-4464 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0102-311X2013000400004 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/1806b0d2c1454dd18145aafc90e1c6c4 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.1806b0d2c1454dd18145aafc90e1c6c4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| تدمد: | 16784464 0102311X |
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| DOI: | 10.1590/S0102-311X2013000400004 |