Healthy Urbanism

Designing and Planning Equitable, Sustainable and Inclusive Places
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-981-16-9646-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

Reihe: Planning, Environment, Cities

The globally distributed health impacts of environmental degradation and widening inequalities require a fundamental shift in understandings of healthy urbanism. This book redefines the meaning and form of healthy urban environments, urging planners and design professionals to consider how their work impacts population health and wellbeing at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The concepts of equity, inclusion and sustainability are central to this framing, reversing the traditional focus on individuals, their genes and ‘lifestyle choices’ to one of structural factors that affect health. Integrating theory and concepts from social epidemiology, sustainable development and systems thinking with practical case studies, this book will be of value for students and practitioners.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pineo, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introducing healthy urbanism.- 2 Shifting priorities for healthy places.- 3 A framework for healthy urbanism.- 4 Planetary Health.- 5 Ecosystem health.- 6 Local Health – Neighbourhood Scale.- 7 Local Health – Building Scale.- 8 Practicing Healthy Urbanism.- 9 Looking to the future.

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Pineo is Associate Professor in Healthy and Sustainable Cities in the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London, UK.