Wellness City (eBook)

Health and Well-being in Urban Economic Development

Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2018
X, 159 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-75562-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Addressing the continuous need for new growth sectors in post-industrial cities, this book considers the economic significance of wellness from a development policy perspective. The author goes beyond personal health discourse to conceptualise wellness as an emerging industry, presenting empirical cases of community, attraction, and export-orientated strategies around the world. Combining holistic health, urban governance and economic development, this book will provide valuable reading for those studying policy, tourism and the wellness sector as well as business entrepreneurs within this evolving industry.

Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland. His research focuses on local economic development and public sector innovations. His academic contributions include a large number of internationally distributed publications, including The Political Economy of City Branding and New Urban Management (Palgrave, 2015). 

Inhalt

Contents 6
List of Figures 8
Chapter 1: Introduction 10
References 14
Chapter 2: The Conceptual Field of Wellness 16
Conceptualizing Wellness 17
Basic Human Needs, Well-being, and Quality of Life 20
Health, Health Care, and Welfare 24
The Differentia Specifica of Wellness 25
References 27
Chapter 3: Wellness and the City 30
Wellness Flows and Urban Dissipative Structures 31
Governing Urban Wellness Development 33
Wellness City as an Urban Phenomenon 35
Wellness City in Economic Development Policy 38
References 39
Chapter 4: Wellness in Local Economic Development 41
Factors Behind the Surge in a Wellness Economy 42
Wellness Economy 45
Wellness on the Local Economic Development Agenda 48
Wellness Asset Analysis 50
Wellness in Local Cluster Policy 53
References 55
Chapter 5: Dimensions of the Wellness City 59
Health Care as a Wellness Business 60
Spa, Beauty, and Fitness 68
Shopping, Entertainment, and Human Desires 72
Environmental Wellness 79
Medicine, Science, and Technology 82
Intellectual Wellness 85
Social and Cultural Wellness 89
Spiritual Wellness 92
References 96
Chapter 6: Wellness City Strategies in Local–Global Dialectic 106
Smart Community-Driven Wellness City Developments 107
Wellness Through Service Integration 108
Building Smart Wellness Cities 110
Building Wellness Communities 112
Wellness Through Lifestyle Changes: Smart Wellness Cities in Japan 114
Health Care Hub in a Smart City: Tampere, Finland 117
Towards a Smart Wellness City District: Water Street Tampa 119
Attracting Tourists to Health and Wellness Destinations 121
Medical and Wellness Tourism 122
Attraction Through Wellness Resort: Mines Wellness City 124
Wellness Zoning as Attraction Strategy: Dubai Healthcare City 126
Medical Service Business District: Jeju Healthcare Town 128
Innovative, Export-Driven Wellness Cities 132
The Rise of Industrial, Innovation, and Service Districts 132
Health and Welfare Cluster in Sendai 134
Merging Technology with Health Care in Austin 135
Health Care Business Incubator in Lisbon 137
References 138
Chapter 7: Towards Inclusive Wellness City 145
Urban Health Divide 146
Wellness for All 147
Wellness as a Balancing and Integrative Factor 150
References 152
Chapter 8: Conclusion 154
Index 159

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.4.2018
• Zusatzinfo: X, 159 p. 15 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: economy • local economic development • post-industrial cities • Regional Development • well-being in the workplace • wellness industry
• ISBN-10: 3-319-75562-5 / 3319755625
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-75562-5 / 9783319755625