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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Urban Sprawl and Health Outcome Associations in Sicily.

Vincenzo Restivo, Achille Cernigliaro, Alessandra Casuccio

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Vincenzo RestivoDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 131, 90127 Palermo, Italy. vincenzo.restivo@unipa.it.
Achille CernigliaroDepartment of Health Services and Epidemiological Observatory, Regional Health Authority, Sicilian Region, Via Mario Vaccaro 5, 90145 Palermo, Italy. achille.cernigliaro@regione.sicilia.it.
Alessandra CasuccioDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 131, 90127 Palermo, Italy. alessandra.casuccio@unipa.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urban sprawl has several negative impacts on the environment, the economy, and human health. The main objective of this work was to formulate and validate a sprawl/compactness index for Sicilian municipalities and evaluate its association with health outcomes. An ecological study was conducted with 110 municipalities in Sicily, Italy. Principal component analysis was adopted to create the sprawl/compactness Sicilian index, and linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between the sprawl index and health outcomes. More variance of the new sprawl index was explained by the working factor, followed by density, surface extension, and land use mix. When validating the index, we found that public transportation had an inverse relation with sprawl increase (

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Quality of LifeUrbanizationCitiesHumansModels, TheoreticalSicilyTransportationcardiovascularsprawl indextransportationurban healthurban sprawlworking activity

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PMID30991715
PMCPMC6518009

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