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Wellbeing and the environment /

Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume examines the ways in which the built environment can affect and enhance the wellbeing of society. Explores the effects of environment on wellbeing and provides insight and guidance for designing, creating, or providing environ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Davies-Cooper, Rachel (Editor ), Burton, Elizabeth, 1967- (Editor ), Cooper, Cary L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
Colección:Wellbeing : a complete reference guide ; v. 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Urban neighborhoods and mental health across the life course / Erin Gilbert and Sandro Galea
  • The impact of the local social and physical local environment on wellbeing / Anne Ellaway
  • Density and mental wellbeing / Christopher T. Boyko and Rachel Cooper
  • Neighborhoods and social interaction / Scott C. Brown and Joanna Lombard
  • Living in the city: mixed use and quality of life / Graeme Evans
  • "We live here too" What makes a child-friendly neighborhood? / Karen E. Marting and Lisa J. Wood
  • A step too far? Designing dementia-friendly neighborhoods / Lynne Mitchell
  • Walkable neighborhoods: principles, measures, and health impacts / Tim G. Townshend
  • Quality of urban spaces and wellbeing / Mags Adams
  • Children and the physical environment / Lorraine E. Maxwell and Gary W. Evans
  • Wellbeing and the school environment / Andy Jones and Flo Harrison
  • The built housing environment, wellbeing, and older people / Rachael Dutton
  • Workplace and wellbeing / Jeremy Myerson
  • Linking the physical design of health-care environments to wellbeing indicators / Sarah Payne, Rachel Potter and Rebecca Cain
  • Wellbeing and green spaces in cities / William Sullivan
  • Environmental interaction and engagement: supporting wellbeing / Richard Coles
  • Crime and the urban environment: the implications for wellbeing / Caroline Davey and Andrew Wootton
  • Transport and wellbeing / Nick Tyler
  • Air quality and wellbeing / Ben Croxford
  • Implications of low-carbon design of housing for health and wellbeing: a UK case study / Michael Davies, Ian Hamilton, Anna Mavrogianni, Rokia Raslan and Paul Wilkinson
  • Cobenefits of insulating houses: research evidence and policy implications / Philippa Howden-Chapman and Nicholas Preval
  • The mulitple pathways between environment and health / Marketta Kytta and Anna Broberg
  • Summary: wellbeing and the environmental implications for design / Rachel Cooper and Elizabeth Burton.