Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author Biography; 1 Introduction; 2 Urban Life and Health in the Nineteenth Century; 3 Nineteenth-Century Reform Movements; 4 Housing Laws, Zoning, and Building Codes; 5 Building a Suburban Utopia; 6 Modernism and the Scientific Construction of the Built Environment; 7 Public Housing; 8 Urban Renewal and Highway Construction; 9 Decline and Rise; 10 A New Age of Cities and Health; 11 Future Trends and Needs; Notes; Index
Summary
This historical study looks at how reformers have used urban planning and architecture to improve the health of urban residents of the United States
