St Pierre Schneider Barbara, Menzel Nancy, Clark Michele, York Nancy, Candela Lori, Xu Yu
University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Nursing, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 453025, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3025, USA.
Nurs Outlook. 2009 Sep-Oct;57(5):281-8. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2009.07.003.
The United Nations predicts that by 2050 nearly three fourths of the world's population will live in urban areas, including cities. People are attracted to cities because these urban areas offer diverse opportunities, including the availability of goods and services and a higher quality of life. Cities, however, may not be sustainable with this population boom. To address sustainability, urban developers and engineers are building green structures, and businesses are creating products that are safe for the environment. Additionally, efforts are needed to place human health at the core of urban sustainability. Without human health, cities will not survive for future generations. Nursing is the discipline that can place human health in this position. Nursing's initiatives throughout history are efforts of sustainability-improving human health within the physical, economic, and social environments. Therefore, nursing must take a leadership role to ensure that human health is at the core of urban sustainability.
联合国预测，到2050年，世界近四分之三的人口将居住在城市地区，包括城市。人们被城市所吸引，因为这些城市地区提供了多样化的机会，包括商品和服务的可得性以及更高的生活质量。然而，随着人口的激增，城市可能无法持续发展。为了实现可持续发展，城市开发商和工程师正在建造绿色建筑，企业也在生产对环境安全的产品。此外，还需要努力将人类健康置于城市可持续发展的核心位置。没有人类健康，城市将无法为子孙后代留存。护理专业能够将人类健康置于这一关键位置。护理专业在历史上的诸多举措都是为了实现可持续发展——在自然、经济和社会环境中改善人类健康。因此，护理专业必须发挥领导作用，以确保人类健康处于城市可持续发展的核心。
