Human Lifestyles and Behaviors. Sustainable Environments for Better Health, Quality of Life and Wellbeing
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 38793
Special Issue Editors
Interests: oxidative stress (OS) imbalance in humans, a pre-pathological condition responsible for many chronic diseases; correlation between OS and the environment; predictive parameter of an imbalance due to environmental exposition
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Interests: oxidative stress; physical activity; body composition; respiratory health; environmental health; greenness; spatial analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share with you the opportunity to submit a paper to the Special Issue “Human lifestyles and behavior: Sustainable environments for better health, quality of life, and well-being” in the journal Sustainability.
In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) asserted that known avoidable environmental risks to health cause at least 12.6 million deaths every year, and air pollution alone causes about 7 million deaths per year. Global environmental challenges are increasing, including climate change and rapid urbanization, and human influences on the environment continue to grow. Many of the resulting risks generate diseases and negative impacts on health and quality of life. It is now essential to develop more sustainable and healthier environments, with an enhanced focus on prevention through action targeting the root causes of disease.
By focusing on reducing environmental and social risk factors, nearly a quarter of the global burden of disease can be prevented through better health promotion strategies, better preventive and hygiene measures, and safer management of toxic substances in homes and workplaces.
In this context, the main purpose of this Special Issue is to underline the interdisciplinary connections between the environment and human health, focusing principally on new ideas and suggestions to promote both sustainable development and human health and well-being. The overall goal is to create a new approach to the analysis of human impacts on the natural environment and, conversely, to determine how the environment can modulate human lifestyles and behaviors, and thus human health This Special Issue is intended to integrate knowledge on these themes, adding relevant and innovative findings to the existing scientific literature.
Dr. Valeria Bellisario
Dr. Giulia Squillacioti
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- human well-being
- quality of life
- walkability
- greenness
- outdoor physical activity
- urban planning