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Sprawling Cities and Our Endangered Public Health.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Verderber, Stephen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Health aspects.
- Cities and towns--Health aspects--Growth.
- Public health.
- Public health--Health aspects.
- Architecture--Growth--Health aspects.
- Architecture.
- Cities and towns.
- Health.
- Social Change.
- Social Planning.
- Sociology.
- Population Characteristics.
- Social Sciences.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Urban Health.
- Urbanization.
- City Planning.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health.
- Social Change.
- Social Planning.
- Sociology.
- Population Characteristics.
- Social Sciences.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Urban Health.
- Urbanization.
- City Planning.
- Local Subjects:
- Architecture--Health aspects.
- Cities and towns--Health aspects--Growth.
- Public health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
- London : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sprawl is an unsustainable pattern of growth that threatens to undermine the health of communities globally. It has been a dominant mid-to-late twentieth century growth pattern in developed countries and in the twenty-first century has shown widespread signs of proliferation in India, China, and other growing countries. The World Health Organization cites sprawl for its serious adverse public health consequences for humans and ecological habitats. The many adverse impacts of sprawl on the health of individuals, communities, and biological ecosystems are well documented. Architects
- Contents:
- FrontCover; SPRAWLING CITIES AND OURENDANGERED PUBLIC HEALTH; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1INTRODUCTION: AN EPIDEMICON OUR DOORSTEP; 2SPRAWL, ARCHITECTURE, AND HEALTH:A BRIEF HISTORY; 3GLOBAL SPRAWL MACHINES; 4TRANSFUSION: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; 5CASE STUDY: NEW ORLEANS; 6THE FUTURE; APPENDIX: MALL TYPOLOGIES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-68191-8
- 9786613658852
- 1-136-31372-9
- 0-203-11921-5
- 9780203119211
- OCLC:
- 804662883
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