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1 online resource (232 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Contributors; INTRODUCTION; Definitions; About this book; PART I CONNECTING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH; 1 Green infrastructure, ecosystem services, and the study of their contribution to health; Green infrastructure; Ecosystem services; The valuation of the health benefits of ecosystem services; Biophilic epidemiology; Movements to advance a greener ecological model of health; Summary; 2 The evolution of the ecology of health; The evolution of an ecological conception of health |
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A brief history of spatial planning for healthThe greening of the ecological public health paradigm; Summary; PART II THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES SUPPORTED BY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; 3 Essential ecosystem services; Water; Air; Food; Medicine; Summary; 4 The challenge of climate change; Green infrastructure and carbon sequestration: mitigation and primary prevention; Green infrastructure and weather and climatic events: adaptation and secondary prevention; Urban heat; Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases and climate Micah Hahn; Summary; 5 Infectious disease ecology; Zoonotic disease |
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Vector-borne diseaseBiodiversity and disease risk; Social context of landscape change; Summary; 6 Physical activity; Overweight and obesity; Summary; 7 Mental health; Stress; Affect; Cognition and attention; Mental health co-benefits of green exercise; Summary; 8 Social capital; Summary; PART III CAUTIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; 9 The threats to health posed by green infrastructure; Summary; 10 Concluding remarks; PART IV SELECTED CASES OF THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; 11 Public health promotion in England's Community Forest Partnerships |
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England's Community Forest PartnershipsRed Rose Forest; North East Community Forest Partnership (The Great North Forest and The Tees Forest); The Mersey Forest; Natural Choices for Health and Wellbeing; Running Rings; Forest Schools; Green Gyms and health walks; Healthy Schools; Green Streets projects; England's Community Forests and health: reflection; Summary; 12 Valencia's Jardín del Turia Park: from natural disaster to valued public health amenity; The Jardín del Turia Park: the backbone of Valencia; Availability of greenspace; Characteristics of the park and park users |
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A monetary approach to the social benefits of the Jardín del TuriaExtending Valencia's green infrastructure system; Summary; 13 Health and Hamburg's Grünes Netz (Green Network) Plan; Green infrastructure development and human health in Europe; Landscape planning in Germany: the context for Hamburg's Green Network Plan; Hamburg's Green Network Development Plan; Health and the GNDP; Summary; Index |
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There is a growing body of knowledge revealing a sweeping array of connections between public health and green infrastructure - but not until now have the links between them been brought together in one comprehensive book. Green Infrastructure and Public Health provides an overview of current research and theories of the ecological relationships and mechanisms by which the environment influences human health and health behaviour. Covering a broad spectrum of contemporary understanding, Coutts outlines: * public health models that explicitly promote the importance of the environment to health * ways in which the quality of the landscape is tied to health * challenges of maintaining positive landscapes amidst a rapidly changing global environment This book presents the case for fundamental human dependence on the natural environment and creates a bridge between contemporary science on the structure and form of a healthy landscape and the myriad ways that a healthy landscape supports healthy human beings. It presents ideal reading for students and practitioners of landscape architecture, urban design, planning, and health studies |
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Public health.
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Conservation of natural resources.
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Environmental health.
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Health promotion.
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Public Health
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Conservation of Natural Resources
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Health Promotion
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public health.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Conservation of natural resources
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Environmental health
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Health promotion
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Public health
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317298571 |
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1317298578 |
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