Healthy Environments, Healing Spaces

Practices and Directions in Health, Planning, and Design

Timothy Beatley, Carla Jones, Reuben Rainey (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2018
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8139-4113-4 (ISBN)

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Addresses a timely and essential question: How can we design, plan, and sustain built environments that will foster health and healing? With a salutogenic (health-promoting) focus, this volume addresses a range of contemporary issues, including health equity, biophilic cities, healthcare facility design, environmental health, aging in place, and food systems planning.

This collection of essays by leading scholars and practitioners addresses a timely and essential question: How can we design, plan, and sustain built environments that will foster health and healing? With a salutogenic (health-promoting) focus, Healthy Environments, Healing Spaces addresses a range of contemporary issues, including health equity, biophilic cities, healthcare facility design, environmental health, aging in place, and food systems planning.

Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. Carla Jones is the Program Director of the Center for Design and Health at the University of Virginia. Reuben Rainey is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.04.2018
Zusatzinfo	51 black & white illustrations, 7 tables
Verlagsort	Charlottesville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 241 mm
Gewicht	630 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-8139-4113-X / 081394113X
ISBN-13	978-0-8139-4113-4 / 9780813941134
Zustand	Neuware