| Towards Healthy Cities: Comparing Conditions for Change Contributor(s): Otgaar, Alexander (Author), Klijs, Jeroen (Author), Van Den Berg, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138255386 ISBN-13: 9781138255388 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Risk Assessment - Business & Economics | Urban & Regional - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 362.104 |
| Series: Euricur |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.44 lbs) 134 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the conditions needed to make public and private investments in healthy cities most effective. The authors argue that three conditions are essential for such investments: citizen empowerment, corporate responsibility and a coordinated improvement of urban health conditions. Using an integrated approach to health in line with the Healthy Cities philosophy of the World Health Organization, case studies in Helsinki, Liverpool, London, Udine and Vancouver are not only used to demonstrate the relevance of these conditions, but also to show how actors in these cities are trying to meet these conditions. |
