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Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Wellbeing, and Sustainability,Used
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The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats inherent in places already built. However, there has been little awareness of the adverse effects of what we have constructedor the positive benefits of well designed built environments.This book provides a farreaching followup to the pathbreaking Urban Sprawl and Public Health, published in 2004. That book sparked a range of inquiries into the connections between constructed environments, particularly cities and suburbs, and the health of residents, especially humans. Since then, numerous studies have extended and refined the book's research and reporting. Making Healthy Places offers a fresh and comprehensive look at this vital subject today.There is no other book with the depth, breadth, vision, and accessibility that this book offers. In addition to being of particular interest to undergraduate and graduate students in public health and urban planning, it will be essential reading for public health officials, planners, architects, landscape architects, environmentalists, and all those who care about the design of their communities.Like a welltrained doctor, Making Healthy Places presents a diagnosis ofand offers treatment forproblems related to the built environment. Drawing on the latest scientific evidence, with contributions from experts in a range of fields, it imparts a wealth of practical information, with an emphasis on demonstrated and promising solutions to commonly occurring problems.
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- Q: What is the main focus of 'Making Healthy Places'? A: The book focuses on the relationship between constructed environments and public health, emphasizing the need to design healthy places that benefit both humans and the natural world.
- Q: Who is the author of 'Making Healthy Places'? A: The author of 'Making Healthy Places' is Andrew Dannenberg, an expert in public health and urban planning.
- Q: What are the key topics covered in this book? A: The book covers the impacts of urban design on health, sustainable building practices, and solutions to common environmental health problems.
- Q: Is 'Making Healthy Places' suitable for students? A: Yes, it is particularly suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in public health and urban planning.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: How many pages does 'Making Healthy Places' contain? A: The book contains 440 pages.
- Q: When was 'Making Healthy Places' published? A: The book was published on August 25, 2011.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: The book is listed as 'New', ensuring that it is in excellent condition for readers.
- Q: Are there illustrations in 'Making Healthy Places'? A: Yes, the book is an illustrated edition, providing visual aids that complement the text.
- Q: What audience would benefit from reading 'Making Healthy Places'? A: The book is beneficial for public health officials, planners, architects, landscape architects, environmentalists, and anyone interested in community design.