Consider aspects of what makes a healthy city and to integrate your research to provide strategies for individuals and communities to improve environmental health.

Suppose you are working with your city planner to develop a healthy city initiative for your city. You are tasked with developing a report that will be presented to your city council.

Craft a written document that could be presented to your city council, addressing the following points:

What is environmental health? Why is creating a healthy city important to environmental health? What could your city do to become a healthy city? What would be the obstacles to change, and why are they obstacles? What financial issues would have to be considered? How would these changes benefit you, your family, and your community? What could your city do to become better prepared for disasters, both natural and human-made? Why should environmental health be considered an individual concern? Why should it be considered a global concern? What could you or your family do—in your home, your neighborhood, and your workplace—to reduce your personal impact on the environmental health of your city?