Las Vegas: A sustainable urban environment for health?

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Publication Title

Journal of the Nevada Public Health Association

Volume

4

Issue

1

First page number:

22

Last page number:

28

Abstract

The rapid growth of Las Vegas has resulted in negative consequences for the health of its residents to a level that threatens the area’s sustainability. This article reviews key indicators of population health in Las Vegas through the framework of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy People in Healthy Places and concludes that public health professionals, citizens, businesses, and political leaders must act now to protect and improve population health.

Keywords

Health planning; Health risk assessment; Nevada – Las Vegas Valley; Public health; Urban health; Urban sustainability

Disciplines

Demography, Population, and Ecology | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Policy | Health Policy | Public Health

Language

English


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