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Restorative Cities

urban design for mental health and wellbeing

by Jenny Roe, Layla McCay ...

Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home just how much urban design ... Read more

$32.99 USD

Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home just how much urban design
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Infrastructure, Wellbeing and the Measurement of Happiness

Edited by Hoda Mahmoudi, Jenny Roe, Kate Seaman ...

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to our understanding of infrastructure, and it’s influence on happiness and wellbeing, by examining the concept from economic, human development, architectural, urban planning, psychological, and ethical points of view. Providing insights from both research and practice the volume discusses how to develop happier cities and improve urban infrastructure ... Read more

$52.99 USD

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to our understanding of infrastructure, and it’s influence on happiness and wellbeing, by examining the concept from economic, human development, architectural, urban planning, psychological, and ethical points of view. Providing insights from both research and practice the volume discusses how to develop happier cities and improve urban infrastructure
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Happiness Explained

What human flourishing is and what we can do to promote it

by Paul Anand ...

What is human happiness and how can we promote it? These questions are central to human existence and Happiness Explained draws on scientific research from economics, psychology, and philosophy, as well as a range of other disciplines, to outline a new paradigm in which human flourishing plays a central role in the assessment of national and global progress. It shows why the traditional national ... Read more

$11.99 USD

What is human happiness and how can we promote it? These questions are central to human existence and Happiness Explained draws on scientific research from economics, psychology, and philosophy, as well as a range of other disciplines, to outline a new paradigm in which human flourishing plays a central role in the assessment of national and global progress. It shows why the traditional national
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Toward the Healthy City

People, Places, and the Politics of Urban Planning

by Jason Corburn ...

Series series Urban and Industrial Environments
A call to reconnect the fields of urban planning and public health that offers a new decision-making framework for healthy city planning.In distressed urban neighborhoods where residential segregation concentrates poverty, liquor stores outnumber supermarkets, toxic sites are next to playgrounds, and more money is spent on prisons than schools, residents also suffer disproportionately from disease ... Read more

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A call to reconnect the fields of urban planning and public health that offers a new decision-making framework for healthy city planning.In distressed urban neighborhoods where residential segregation concentrates poverty, liquor stores outnumber supermarkets, toxic sites are next to playgrounds, and more money is spent on prisons than schools, residents also suffer disproportionately from disease
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Open Space: People Space

Edited by Catharine Ward Thompson, Penny Travlou ...

Highly visual and containing contributions from leading names in landscape, architecture and design, this volume provides a rare insight into people’s engagement with the outdoor environment; looking at the ways in which the design of spaces and places meets people’s needs and desires in the twenty-first century.Embracing issues of social inclusion, recreation, and environmental quality, the ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Highly visual and containing contributions from leading names in landscape, architecture and design, this volume provides a rare insight into people’s engagement with the outdoor environment; looking at the ways in which the design of spaces and places meets people’s needs and desires in the twenty-first century.Embracing issues of social inclusion, recreation, and environmental quality, the
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Where to from Here?

Keeping Medicare Sustainable

by Stephen Duckett ...

Series Book 161 - Queen's Policy Studies Series
Universal healthcare, perhaps the most distinguishing feature of Canada's public policy, is under fire, criticized for its heavy expense and questionable sustainability. In Where to From Here?: Keeping Medicare Sustainable, Stephen Duckett defends Canadian Medicare, addressing key concerns and refuting criticism, while also acknowledging flaws in the system and room for improvement.Duckett argues ... Read more

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Universal healthcare, perhaps the most distinguishing feature of Canada's public policy, is under fire, criticized for its heavy expense and questionable sustainability. In Where to From Here?: Keeping Medicare Sustainable, Stephen Duckett defends Canadian Medicare, addressing key concerns and refuting criticism, while also acknowledging flaws in the system and room for improvement.Duckett argues
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Art Therapy in Museums and Galleries

Reframing Practice

by Sue Holttum, Mary Chamberlain, Emma Hollamby, Elaine Homer, Jane Landes, Simon Hackett, Ruth McGovern, Fiona Fitzpatrick, Stephen Legari, Marilyn Lajeunesse, Louise Giroux, Sheila Grandison, Karen Lund, Michael Fischer, Whittaker Scott, Miriam Usiskin, Bobby Lloyd, Naomi Press, Andrée Salom, Nana Zhvitiashvili ...

This is the first book to explore and evaluate the potential of museum and gallery spaces and partnerships for art therapy.Showcasing approaches by well-known art therapists, the edited collection contains descriptions of, and reflections on, art therapy in museums and galleries around the globe. Case studies encompass a broad range of client groups, including people with dementia, refugees and ... Read more

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This is the first book to explore and evaluate the potential of museum and gallery spaces and partnerships for art therapy.Showcasing approaches by well-known art therapists, the edited collection contains descriptions of, and reflections on, art therapy in museums and galleries around the globe. Case studies encompass a broad range of client groups, including people with dementia, refugees and
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Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th edition

by Meredith Minkler, Patricia Wakimoto, Lionel J. Beaulieu, Adam B. Becker, Lynn Blanchard, Anne Bluethenthal, Frances Dunn Butterfross, Lisa Cacari Stone, Caricia Catalani0, Charlotte Yu-Ting Chang1, Roxana Chen2, Wayland X. Coleman3, Chris M. Coombe4, Jason Corburn5, Lori Dorfman6, Eugenia Eng7, Nancy Epstein8, Jessica Estrada9, Jennifer Falbe0, Stephanie A. Farquhar1, Prisila Gonzalez2, Joseph Griffin3, Leslie Grover4, Lorraine Gutiérrez5, Trevor Hancock6, Susana Hennesey Laverty7, Reva Hines8, Mark S. Homan9, Lili Farhang0, Solange Gould1, Cheryl A. Hyde2, Barbara A. Israel3, Anthony B. Iton4, Whitney Johnson5, Michelle C. Kegler6, Josh Kirschenbaum7, John P. Kretzmann8, Ronald Labonté9, Blishda Lacet0, Pam Tau Lee1, Edith A. Lewis2, Jennifer Lifshay3, Laura Linnan4, Shaw San Liu5, Shaddai Martinez Cuestas6, Marty Martinson7, John L. McKnight8, Christine Mitchell9, Rachel Morello-Frosch0, Mary Anne Morgan1, Angela Ni2, Barack Obama3, Edith A. Parker4, Susan Racine Passmore5, Manuel Pastor6, Amber Akemi Piatt7, Cheri A. Pies8, Clara Pinsky9, R. David Rebanal0, Kathleen M. Roe1, Zachary Rowe2, Alicia L. Salvatore3, Shannon Sanchez-Youngman4, Amy J. Shulz5, Rinku Sen6, Lee Staples7, Celina Su8, Makani Themba9, Stephen B. Thomas0, Maria Elena Torre1, Evan Vandommelen-Gonzalez2, Dierde Visser3, Nina Wallerstein4, Tom Wolff5, Kirsten Wysen6, Marisa Ruiz Asari7, Nickie Bazell8, Derek M Griffith9, Heather Came0 ...

The fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color, ... Read more

$26.69 USD

The fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color,
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Museums, Health and Well-Being

by Helen Chatterjee, Guy Noble ...

The role of museums in enhancing well-being and improving health through social intervention is one of the foremost topics of importance in the museums sector today. With an aging population and emerging policies on the social responsibilities of museums, the sector is facing an unprecedented challenge in how to develop services to meet the needs of its communities in a more holistic and inclusive ... Read more

$55.99 USD

The role of museums in enhancing well-being and improving health through social intervention is one of the foremost topics of importance in the museums sector today. With an aging population and emerging policies on the social responsibilities of museums, the sector is facing an unprecedented challenge in how to develop services to meet the needs of its communities in a more holistic and inclusive
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Urban Health and Society

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice

Edited by Nicholas Freudenberg, Susan Klitzman, Susan Saegert ...

Series Book 17 - Public Health/Vulnerable Populations
Praise for Urban Health and Society"This is a spectacular resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students interested in improving the lives and health of individuals and families in urban settings. This book provides the most current frameworks, research, and approaches for understanding how unique features of the urban physical and social environments that shape the health of ... Read more

$74.00 USD

Praise for Urban Health and Society"This is a spectacular resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students interested in improving the lives and health of individuals and families in urban settings. This book provides the most current frameworks, research, and approaches for understanding how unique features of the urban physical and social environments that shape the health of
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Design for Behaviour Change

Theories and practices of designing for change

Edited by Kristina Niedderer, Stephen Clune, Geke Ludden ...

Series series Design for Social Responsibility
Design impacts every part of our lives. The design of products and services influences the way we go about our daily activities and it is hard to imagine any activity in our daily lives that is not dependent on design in some capacity. Clothing, mobile phones, computers, cars, tools and kitchenware all enable and hold in place everyday practices. Despite design’s omnipresence, the understanding of ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Design impacts every part of our lives. The design of products and services influences the way we go about our daily activities and it is hard to imagine any activity in our daily lives that is not dependent on design in some capacity. Clothing, mobile phones, computers, cars, tools and kitchenware all enable and hold in place everyday practices. Despite design’s omnipresence, the understanding of
... Read more
Aging, Society, and the Life Course

by Leslie A. Morgan, PhD, Suzanne R. Kunkel, PhD ...

"[This] book’s unfading preoccupation with social context, social processes, and social structures distinguishes itself and greatly contributes to the discourse in gerontology."-The GerontologistThis classic text, now in its fifth edition, is distinguished by its emphasis on social context, social processes, and social structures as part of a broader understanding of the sociology of aging and the ... Read more

$89.09 USD

"[This] book’s unfading preoccupation with social context, social processes, and social structures distinguishes itself and greatly contributes to the discourse in gerontology."-The GerontologistThis classic text, now in its fifth edition, is distinguished by its emphasis on social context, social processes, and social structures as part of a broader understanding of the sociology of aging and the
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