World Parks Academy Webinar: The Green Heart - Emerging Research in Healthy City Design

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World Parks Academy Webinar: The Green Heart - Emerging Research in Healthy City Design

“The Green Heart” is a unique interdisciplinary study to rigorously examine if increasing greenness in an urban community will reduce the levels of air pollution in the neighborhood, decrease the risk of heart disease. With funding support from the US National Institutes of Health and The Nature Conservancy, Green Heart’s research will help cities to discover:

• How to plant (and sustain) trees in urban communities to maximize the removal of air pollution
• If increasing green space affects the risk of developing obesity, diabetes, and heart disease
• If increasing urban green space reduces mental stress, enhances social cohesion, increases physical activity
• The intersection of tactical greening and research

Speakers

• Ted Smith, Ph.D., Envirome Institute
• Joy Hart, Ph.D., University of Louisville
• Ben Spoer, Ph.D., Manager of Metrics and Analytics, NYU School of Medicine

Learning Objectives

• Participants will learn strategies underway to study work in urban green infrastructure
• How to train and support your local research community to engage your work in urban ecology and ongoing research
• Where to get cutting edge research to strengthen your programs and initiatives

Webcast Format

This webcast is conducted through online conferencing software and captured for future viewing. This webcast includes a digital recording of the presentation and a download of the presentation. For assistance contact worldparksacademy@gmail.com

Course Completion

To be awarded an electronic certificate of completion for attending or viewing this webcast, you must successfully complete a brief assessment to demonstrate your understanding of key course concepts.

When

Date and Time: October 22, 2020 @ 10:00 AM EST (New York Time)

Webinar URL

Webcast URL If you do not wish to earn CEUs for this webcast, you do not need to register and may attend the webinar by simply clicking here.