Healthy environments, healing spaces : practices and directions in health, planning, and design / edited by Timothy Beatley, Carla Jones, and Reuben Rainey. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Part I. Design and planning of healthy cities: Healthy transportation / Promoting health equity through community planning / Evidence-based practice / Designing for health / Part II. Healing power of biophilic design: Biophilic flourishing / Can nature be a health intervention? / Nature as physician / Part III: Art and architecture for health: The ultimate test for design / Creativity and compassion / Design for aging / Part IV. Creating a healthy community food system: Community food infrastructure / Community food interventions for healing / Conclusion: The challenges and opportunites of designing healthy, flourishing communities and spaces. -- Afterword / Andrew Mondschein -- Jason Corburn -- Ann Forsyth. -- Ellen Bassett. -- Timothy Beatley -- Judith H. Heerwagen -- Reuben Rainey. -- Tye Farrow -- Reuben Rainey and Christina Mullen -- Emily Chmielewski and J. David Hoglund. -- Samina Raja and Jennifer Whittaker -- Tanya Denckla Cobb and Carla Jones. -- Howard Frumkin.

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.



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Health facilities--Design and construction.
Architectural design--Health aspects.
City planning.
Environmental health.
Conservation of natural resources.
City Planning
Environmental Health
Environment Design
Conservation of Natural Resources
Community Health Planning


Electronic Books.

RA967 / .H435 2018