Human, Community Health

The human environment can be defined as the place in which people live, work, and play. The main factors in the human environment that influence human health are pollution, nutrition, and disease. Understanding how human activity and environmental conditions affect these factors is the first step in improving human and community health.

Faculty Experts

• Chris Benner
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance | Economics | Business, Management
• Thomas A. Cahill
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Transportation | Atmospheric Science | The Climate Past | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Air Quality | Policy, Governance
• Joanna Chiu
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Invasive Species | Stressors on Animals | Human, Community Health | Food, Agriculture
• Joyce Gutstein
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Arts & Literature | Education and Outreach
• Edwin Lewis
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Population, Community Ecology | Invasive Species | Stressors on Plants | Soil Microbes | Human, Community Health | Food, Agriculture
• Jay R. Lund
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | History, Culture | Policy, Governance | Economics | Business, Management
• Beth Rose Middleton
  Land Use | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | History, Culture | Policy, Governance | Education and Outreach | Business, Management | Invention, Entrepreneurship
• Ning Pan
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Human, Community Health
• Rebecca Parales
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Soil Microbes | Human, Community Health
• David Robertson
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Human, Community Health | History, Culture | Arts & Literature
• Suzana M Sawyer
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Population, Community Ecology | Land Use Planning | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance
• Marc Schenker
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | Human, Community Health | Air Quality
• Li Tian
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Human, Community Health | Food, Agriculture
• Stephen M. Wheeler
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | Arts & Literature | Policy, Governance
• Narine Yegiyan
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Human, Community Health | Education and Outreach