ABSTRACT

Urban planning is deeply implicated in both the planetary crisis of climate change and the personal crises of unhealthy lifestyles. Worldwide health issues such as obesity, mental illness, growing health inequalities and climate vulnerability cannot be solved solely by medicines but also by tackling the social, economic and environmental determinants. In a time when unhealthy and unsustainable conditions are being built into the physical fabric of cities, a new awareness and strategy is urgently needed to putting health and well-being at the heart of planning.

The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-being authoritatively and comprehensively integrates health into planning, strengthening the hands of those who argue and plan for healthy environments. With contributions from international leaders in the field, the Handbook of Planning for Health and Well-being provides context, philosophy, research, processes, and tools of experienced practitioners through case studies from four continents.

part |84 pages

Perspectives

chapter |14 pages

Planning for Health and Well-Being

The time for action

chapter |13 pages

Rapid Urbanisation, Health and Well-Being

How informal settlements, slums and sprawling suburbs are globalising health problems

chapter |13 pages

Healthy Cities, Healthy Planet

Towards the regenerative city

chapter |11 pages

Mind The Gap

Bridging the divide between knowledge, policy and practice

part |110 pages

The human experience

part |120 pages

The human habitat

chapter |12 pages

Obesogenic Built Environment

Concepts and complexities

chapter |14 pages

Retrofitting Suburbia For Health

Scenarios for neighbourhood planning

chapter |15 pages

Beyond The Park

Linking urban gree s, human well-being and environmental health

chapter |17 pages

Hotter Cities

Climate change and planning for resilient, healthy urban environments

part |124 pages

Processes and tools

chapter |10 pages

Delivering Healthy Places

The role of the private sector

chapter |12 pages

Creating Healthier, Smarter Places

Learning from European cities

chapter |11 pages

Community Housing And Place-Making

Narratives, forms and processes for convivial living

part |148 pages

Healthy planning in global practice

chapter |9 pages

Planning For Resilient Cities

Lessons from post-earthquake Canterbury

chapter |16 pages

Managing City Development For Health In India

The case of Hyderabad city

chapter |12 pages

Freiburg

Green capital of Europe

chapter |14 pages

Public Realm And Public Health In North American Cities

Reshaping cities to encourage and enable active travel

chapter |12 pages

Planning A Healthy City

Progress and challenges in Portland, Oregon