Workplace Environmental Design in Architecture for Public Health: Impacts on Occupant Space Use and Physical Activity 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Rassia, Stamatina Th (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319534432 ISBN-13: 9783319534435 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Preventive Medicine - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Medical | Occupational & Industrial Medicine |
Dewey: 613 |
Series: Springerbriefs in Public Health |
Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.38 lbs) 94 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This concise volume analyzes the potential for the workplace environment--where so many people spend so much of their day--to improve workers' capacity for health and wellness. It pinpoints the link between sedentary lifestyles and poor health, and explores the role of office spatial design in encouraging physical activity to promote physical activity, health and prevent disease. The featured research study tracks workers' movement in a variety of office layouts, addressing possible ways movement-friendly design can co-exist with wireless communication, paperless offices, and new corporate concepts of productivity. From these findings, the author's conclusions extend public health concepts to recognize that influencing population-wide levels of activity through office architectural design alone may be possible. This SpringerBrief is comprised of chapters on:
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