Chesapeake Bay Existing Conditions Report: Summary
Chesapeake Bay Existing Conditions Report: Summary

Author: CORPS OF ENGINEERS BALTIMORE MD BALTIMORE DISTRICT.

Publisher:

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13:

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The Chesapeake Bay Existing Conditions Report is a milestone report of the Corps of Engineers' comprehensive investigation of Chesapeake Bay's water resources. It presents the findings of the first, or inventory, phase of the study, and its purpose is to provide water resource planners, scientists, and other interested readers with an assessment of the present status of the Bay, its resources, and its problems. The Existing Conditions Report, divided into a summary and four supporting appendices, presents an overview of the people residing in the Bay Region and the economy; a survey of the land surrounding the Bay and its use; and a description of the Bay itself, the forms of life it supports, and the physical forces that control its hydrodynamics.

Communities in Action
Communities in Action

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-04-27

Total Pages: 583

ISBN-13: 0309452961

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In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.