How Urban Environment Impacts our Health
Health conditions associated with air pollution, noise and heat, and lack of physical activity and natural spaces
Air pollution
Noise
Heat
Lack of physical activity
Lack of natural spaces
All
Obesity
Diabetes
Metabolic syndrome
Nuisance, stress
Sleep disorder
Injuries from work and traffic accidents
Colon cancer
Systemic inflammation
Worse general health
Increase in mortality
GENERAL/OTHERS
Breast cancer
BREAST
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD)
Asthma
Respiratory diseases
Pneumonia
Lung cancer
RESPIRATORY TRACT
Myocardial infarction
Arrhythmia
Heart congestive failure
Cardiovascular diseases
HEART
Premature birth
Reduced weight at birth
Preclampsia
Reduction in sperm quality
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
AND FETUS
Dementia
Cognitive impairment
Neurodegenerative diseases
Mental health problems
Stroke
Cerebrovascular diseases
Autism and child behaviour
problems
Tinnitus or deafness
Reduction of cognitive
performance
HEAD
Hypertension
Deep venous thrombosis
ARTERIES
Air pollution
Noise
Heat
Lack of physical activity
Lack of natural spaces
All