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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778556203321

Autore

Corburn Jason

Titolo

Toward the healthy city : people, places, and the politics of urban planning / / Jason Corburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

0-262-25809-9

1-282-69438-3

9786612694387

0-262-25868-4

Descrizione fisica

ix, 282 p

Collana

Urban and industrial environments series

Disciplina

362.1/042

Soggetti

Urban health

Urban health - California - San Francisco

City planning

City planning - California - San Francisco

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Some challenges for healthy city planning -- Retracing the roots of city planning and public health -- Urban governance and human health -- Toward a politics of healthy city planning -- Reframing environmental health practice -- Healthy urban development -- Health impact assessment -- Planning healthy and equitable cities.

Sommario/riassunto

A call to reconnect the fields of urban planning and public health that offers a new decision-making framework for healthy city planning.