Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability

Shaping Neighbourhoods is unique in combining all aspects of the spatial planning of neighbourhoods and towns whilst emphasising positive outcomes for people's health and global sustainability. This new edition retains the combination of radicalism, evidence-based advice and pragmatism that made earlier editions so popular. This updated edition strengthens guidance in relation to climate change and biodiversity, tackling crises of population health that are pushing up health-care budgets, but have elements of their origins in poor place spatial planning - such as isolation, lack of everyday physical activity, and respiratory problems. It is underpinned by new research into how people use their localities, and the best way to achieve inclusive, healthy, low-carbon settlements. The guide can assist with: - Understanding the principles for planning healthy and sustainable neighbourhoods and towns- Planning collaborative and inclusive processes for multi-sectoral working- Developing know-how and skills in matching local need with urban form- Discovering new ways to integrate development with natural systems - Designing places with character and recognising good urban formWhether you are a student faced with a local planning project; a public health professional, planner, urban designer or developer involved in new development or regeneration; a council concerned with promoting healthy and sustainable environments; or a community group wanting to improve your neighbourhood - you will find help here.

Politics & Social Sciences

Barton, Hugh

Grant, Marcus

Guise, Richard

Social Sciences

Routledge

"Shaping Neighbourhoods is unique in combining all aspects of the spatial planning of neighbourhoods and towns whilst emphasizing positive outcomes for peoples health and global sustainability. This new edition retains the combination of radicalism, evidence-based advice and pragmatism that made earlier editions so popular. This updated edition strengthens guidance in relation to climate change and biodiversity, tackling crises of population health that are pushing up health care budgets, but have elements of their origins in poor place spatial planning - such as isolation, lack of everyday physical activity, and respiratory problems. It is underpinned by new research into how people use their localities, and the best way to achieve inclusive, healthy, low-carbon settlements. The guide can assist with: Understanding the principles for planning healthy and sustainable neighbourhoods and towns Planning collaborative and inclusive processes for multi-sectoral working Developing know-how and skills in matching local need with urban form Discovering new ways to integrate development with natural systems Designing places with character and recognising good urban form Whether you are a student faced with a local planning project; a public heath professional, planner, urban designer or developer involved in new development or regeneration; a council concerned with promoting healthy and sustainable environments; a community group wanting to improve your neighbourhood - you will find help here"--

Healthy Urban Planning

Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of access to jobs, goods and services all impact upon health. This book provides practical advice on ways to integrate health and urban planning and will be essential reading for urban planners, developers, urban designers, transport planners, and those working in the fields of regeneration and renewal. It will also be of interest to those with an interest in sustainable development.

Tsourou, Catherine

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of access to jobs, goods and services all impact upon health. This book provides practical advice on ways to integrate health and urban planning and will be essential reading for urban planners, developers, urban designers, transport planners, and those working in the fields of regeneration and renewal. It will also be of interest to those with an interest in sustainable development.

Current policies in planning emphasise the importance of rejuvenating neighbourhoods. This new guide bridges the gap between rhetoric and reality, promoting an interprofessional and collaborative approach to making localities work. The objective is to design neighbourhoods that are healthy, safe, friendly and attractive for residents and users, whilst being more self-sustaining in terms of water, energy, local services and work. Social inclusion, accessibility and the quality of the public realm are central tenets. Shaping Neighbourhoods is distinctive in showing not only what should be done but also how it could be done. Expounded with illustrations and case-studies, this practical guide provides a beneficial reference for planners and all those involved in the processes of urban design.

This substantially revised and important second edition comes at a pivotal time, with both a strong agenda of localism in planning and with public health professionals now realising the vital importance of shaping urban environments in order to reduce the burden of disease and support better health outcomes. This guide ensures you: <ul>
<li>understand the underlying principles for planning healthy and sustainable neighbourhoods and towns</li> <li>plan the collaborative and inclusive processes needed for multi-sectoral cooperation</li> <li>develop know-how and skills in matching local need with urban form</li> <li>discover new ways to integrate development with natural systems</li> <li>design places with character and recognise good urban form</li> <li>guide communities, and advise developers, in the creation of successful and sustainable places for living.</li>
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Containing many new case studies and a wealth of new research, this new edition has benefited from previous user feedback. Shaping Neighbourhoods is the indispensable guide for bridging the gulf between theory and practice, between planning authorities, investors and communities, and between different professional perspectives. Whether you are a student faced with a local planning project; a planner, urban designer or developer involved in new development; a health authority concerned with promoting physical activity; or a community group wanting to improve your neighbourhood; this book is for you.

City of Well-being: A radical guide to planning

City of Well-being provides a radical and holistic introduction to the science and art of town planning. It starts from the premise that the purpose of planning is the health, well-being and sustainable quality of life of people. Drawing on current and historic examples it offers inspiration, information and an integrated perspective which challenges all professions and decision-makers that affect the urban environment. It is both authoritative and readable, designed for students, practitioners, politicians and civil society. The science. Summarizing the most recent research, the book demonstrates the interrelationships between the huge issues of obesity, unhealthy lifestyles, inequality, mental illness, climate change and environmental quality. The radical implications for transport, housing, economic, social and energy policies are spelt out. The art and politics. The book examines how economic development really happens, and how spatial decisions reinforce or undermine good intentions. It searches for the creative strategies, urban forms and neighbourhood designs that can marry the ideal with the real. The relationship of planning and politics is tackled head-on, leading to conclusions about the role of planners, communities and development agencies in a pluralistic society. Healthy planning principles could provide a powerful logical motivation for all practitioners.

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Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability

Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability

Healthy Urban Planning

Healthy Urban Planning

Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability

Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability

Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability

Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability

City of Well-being: A radical guide to planning

City of Well-being: A radical guide to planning