The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats inherent in places already built. However, there has been little awareness of the adverse effects of what we have constructed-or the positive benefits of well designed built environments.This book provides a far-reaching follow-up to the pathbreaking Urban Sprawl and Public Health, published in 2004. That book...

When the US Air Force Thunderbirds selected Caroline "Blaze" Jensen to fly with the team her son was only three years old. As much as he loved going to airshows, he was sad whenever his mom left home. She traveled at least four nights a week during airshow season. On the nights she was lucky enough to tuck him into bed, Blaze and Finn devised a plan: They joked that Finn could turn into a mouse, stow away in the cushion, and experience all of the adventures flying around with Mom. Thunderm...