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... A particularly valuable opportunity to improve public health arises when an urban area is being redesigned and rebuilt following some type of serious disruption, whether it is caused by a sudden physical event, such as a hurricane or earthquake, or steady economic and social decline that may have occurred over decades. The purpose of the workshop was to explore the various opportunities to reimagine the built environment in a city and to increase the role of health promotion and protection during the process of urban revitalization.
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... By examining and comparing the role of public health in these different revitalization efforts, it is possible to gain a broad sense of where the various challenges and opportunities lie in this area. The workshop statement of task is provided in Box 1-1.
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... The interested reader is encouraged to access these via the Roundtable website.2 The workshop agenda is found in Appendix A, and biographical sketches of the workshop speakers are included in Appendix B OVERVIEW: A TALE OF THREE CITIES Lynn Goldman, dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, opened the workshop by noting that for many decades many U.S.
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... 4 BRINGING PUBLIC HEALTH INTO URBAN REVITALIZATION that were present in the context of urban revitalization. She also suggested that speakers devote particular attention to efforts taken to ensure the health of children and minorities, to increase the role of public health departments and health systems, to increase a sense of community, and to utilize green technologies to increase livability and sustainability.
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