Urban homeless populations suffer disproportionately high rates of premature death. In response to a wave of highly publicized deaths on the streets of Boston during the winter of 1998-1999, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) convened a task force to investigate these deaths and implement an integrated response to this public health crisis. Comprised of a broad coalition of pu...

ANALYSIS: Glendale's Community Police PartnerShip (COPPS) team conducted a comprehensive survey. Residents and business owners complained of blocked sidewalks and the harassment of pedestrians by laborers waiting for work. Laborers used nearby buildings and parking lots as public bathrooms and left trash on the sidewalks, streets, and gutters. COPPS officers and concerned community members deve...

Abstract This paper explores social interaction in local public squares under different lighting conditions. At its best are spaces that engender a sense of belonging, increase the quality life and wellbeing individuals. It is proposed outdoor would be essential to use realm after dark, but empirical results regarding conditions aspects limited. Based on socio-physical conceptual model transact...

Our country, as in other developing countries, tries to minimize work accidents by taking adequate and appropriate measures. It is necessary adopt implement occupational health safety all areas, regardless of small or large size. In this context, risk assessments regarding are vital. Various may occur areas such city squares where human density high. This study includes the result an exemplary ...

World cities need more green areas to promote social, economic, and environmental well-being; the problem, however, is that space available for infrastructure (GI) within built environment limited. Finding empty, free, or underutilized spaces be repurposed GI has been a challenge. Streets are public, numerous, evenly distributed, being desirable place fulfill this requirement. However, they als...

Pedestrian areas are a type of urban public space, nowadays because of the serious consequencesof car-dependency and ignoring pedestrian needs, a consensus on the importance of walking and the necessity forplanning for pedestrians movement has been formed among urban designers, planners and people. The concernsabout human health and movement in city create a new trend in contemporary urbanism, ...

public spaces, a central role in planning and urban development is major components of an urban environment is healthy and lively. qualitative and quantitative development of urban public spaces, when appropriate administrative process will be realized, the priority issues in the survey cities, based on modern theories of popular participation (user's perspective) and using the scientific ...

Inspirados em nossos estudos sobre os letramentos visuais, a pergunta que buscamos responder neste texto é: quais imagens ou ideias da nação emergem partir exposição língua portuguesa e as línguas indígenas do Museu Língua Portuguesa (MLP)? Para responde-la, desenvolvemos cinco seções: primeira, descreve, valoriza destaca linguagem inclusiva acessibilidade de corpos no espaço museu. Na segunda ...