Environmental Design for Health

A Framework and Visual Guide
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-93900-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm

This book provides a user-friendly guide to the impact of environmental design on individual and population health, as well as the relevant roles of social and behavioral factors. It explores how architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and urban planning can contribute to a healthier, more equitable, and more resilient society. Employing an evidence-based and solution-oriented approach, it provides a much-needed textbook for environmental designers and public health professionals.

Written by a team of established experts, the book includes:

- An introduction to the concept of environmental design for health and the relevant roles of social and behavioral factors.

- An overview of important theories about human-environment relationships; environmental assessment, perception and cognition; and health behavior.

- Discussions of how to design for physical, mental, and social health, respectively, covering various design disciplines and environmental scales.

- Overviews of more specialized topics, such as design for healing, design for active living, design for environmental justice, and design across the lifespan.

- Case studies involving a range of physical environments including interiors and buildings (e.g., healthcare facilities, senior living environments, educational facilities), parks, urban spaces, and residential communities.

- A timely focus on emerging technology which affects design for health.

- An overview of integrating design and research for a healthier future.

It is essential reading for all environmental designers and public health professionals.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mccuskey Shepley, Mardelle

Zhu, Xuemei

Lu, Zhipeng

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gestaltung, Darstellung, Bautechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Innenarchitektur, Architekturdesign
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Berufe & Ausbildung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Environmental Design for Health 2. Theories for Environmental Design for Health 3. Design for Physical Health 4. Design for Mental and Behavioral Health 5. Design for Social Health 6. Design for Healing 7. Design for Active Living 8. Design for Environmental Justice 9. Design for Health across the Lifespan: Children and Older Adults 10. Emerging Technologies in Design for Health 11. Health by Design: Integrating Design and Research for a Healthier Future

Über Autor(innen)

Xuemei Zhu is a professor and the Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA, & Joseph Sprague, FAIA, Chair in Health Facilities Design in the Texas A&M University Department of Architecture, a fellow of the Center for Health Systems & Design, and a Presidential Impact Fellow. Her scholarship investigates the impacts of the built environment on public health, with a specific focus on active living and evidence-based design.

Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, BA, MArch, MA, DArch, is an architect and emerita professor at Cornell University. FAIA and FACHA (emerita), WELL, LEED, and EDAC certified, she has authored seven books. Mardelle received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Healthcare Architects and the Changemaker Award from the Center for Health Design.

Zhipeng Lu is an assistant professor and the Julie & Craig Beale Professor in Health Facilities Design in the Department of Architecture, and the associate director of the Center for Health Systems & Design at Texas A&M University. He coordinates the Secretariat of the International Union of Architects–Public Health Group. He received the 2023 HCD10 Educator Award from the Healthcare Design Magazine.