Beschreibung:
'Urban Design: Health and the Therapeutic Environment' demonstrates how urban design and planning impact on public health and sustainable development. Moughtin et al. explore the concept of what makes a physically and psychologically 'healthy' environment in the context of the paramount need for new homes where living standards are not compromised, in increasingly crowded cities.
Part 1 Theoretical Background; Chapter 1 Epidaurus; Chapter 2 The Geography of Health; Chapter 3 With Place in Mind; Chapter 4 Cuba; Part 2 The British Tradition; Introduction; Chapter 5 Bath; Chapter 6 The Age of Protest; Chapter 7 New Lanark; Chapter 8 The City Sanitized; Part 3 Design for the Therapeutic Environment; Chapter 9 Port Sunlight; Chapter 10 The Environmental Challenge; Chapter 11 The Bioregion; Chapter 12 City Structure; Chapter 13 The Healthy Quarter or Garden Suburb; Chapter 14 The Solar City of Freiburg; Chapter 15 Conclusion;