Screen LibraryGreen 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...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"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."--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 312 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415711364 0415711363 9780415711357 0415711355 |
| Index Number: | RA427 |
| CLC: | R19 |
| Call Number: | R19/C871 |
| Contents: | Green infrastructure, ecosystem services, and the study of their contribution to health -- The evolution of the ecology of health -- Essential ecosystem services -- The challenge of climate change -- Infectious disease ecology -- Physical activity -- Mental health -- Social capital -- The threats to health posed by green infrastructure -- Concluding remarks -- Public health promotion in England's community forest partnerships -- Valencia's Jardín del Turia Park : from natural disaster to valued public health amenity -- Health and Hamburg's Grünes Netz (Green Network) Plan. |