INTRODUCTION
AN OVERVIEW OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAND USE AND HUMAN HEALTH
Land use decisions have the potential for impacts on human health. Human health effects resulting from urbanization, coastal development, industrialization, and changes in the ecosystem include:
- Urbanization changes individual's time spent in cars
- Patterns of industrialization can alter the discharge of toxic chemicals in an area
- Coastal development changes the impact of flooding and effects the discharge of pollutants in coastal waters
- Land use effects the environment Inundation of coastal wetlands as a result of sea-level rise, and
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