Designing Healthy Communities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinclair, Stacy.

Contributor:

Jackson, R. J. (Richard J.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable urban development--United States.

Sustainable urban development -- United States.

City planning--Environmental aspects--United States.

City planning -- Environmental aspects -- United States.

Distributive justice--United States.

Distributive justice -- United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011.

Summary:

Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician and professor and chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at University of California, Los Angeles. He is former California State Health Officer and for nine years was the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health in Atlanta. Stacy Sinclair, EdD, is director of education for Media Policy Center in Santa Monica, California, which produced the documentary Designing Healthy Communities. She also is cofounder of EdExcellence Consulting, Inc.

Contents:

Intro

DESIGNING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

THE PERFECT STORM

BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

ABOUT THIS BOOK

THE TELEVISION SERIES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE AUTHOR

PROLOGUE: WHY I CARE ABOUT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

GROWING UP

PRACTICING MEDICINE

LEAVING TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

CONSIDERING THE FUTURE

PART ONE HEALTH AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: AN INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 What Does Love, or Caritas, Have to Do with the Built Environment?

WE LOVE OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COUNTRY, BUT DO WE REALLY LOVE OURSELVES?

FOR LOVE OF FAMILY

FOR LOVE OF COMMUNITY

Creating a Negative Place

Being Open to Cultural Shifts

Sharing Interests

FOR LOVE OF OUR NATION AND THE WORLD

Chapter 2 What Is Health, and How Do We Measure It?

PERSONAL HEALTH

The Residential Microenvironment

The Obesity Challenge

PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

MENTAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH

Chapter 3 Can the Built Environment Build Community?

ORGANIC PLACES ARE HEALTHY PLACES

Layers of Communities Interact with the Built Environment

Our Neighborhoods

URBAN CENTERS

STATE AND NATION

Effective Involvement

Local Water Is a Global Issue

Local Health Is a Global Issue

PART TWO EXAMPLES OF CHANGE

Chapter 4 From Monoculture to Human Culture: The Belmar District of Lakewood, Colorado

SYMPTOMS

Building Lakewood's First Shopping Mall

Recognizing a Dying Community

DIAGNOSIS

CURE

PREVENTION

Chapter 5 Using New Urbanism Principles to Build Community: Prairie Crossing, Illinois

Land Preservation

Prairie Crossing Housing Design

The Prairie Crossing Way of Life

The Prairie Crossing Farm

Does Prairie Crossing Make Financial Sense?

PREVENTION.

Chapter 6 Saving America's Downtowns and Local History Through the Political Process: Charleston, South Carolina

Creating Home Ownership

Creating Connectedness

Creating Economic Development

Changing a Culture

Seeking Architects and Contractors Who Can Be Friends

Chapter 7 Reinventing a Healthy City Through Community Leadership for Sustainability: Elgin, Illinois

The Elements of Sustainability

The Impact of Sprawl

Creating Cleaner Water, Land, and Air

Employing Mixed Use to Combat Sprawl

Creating Sustainable Suburban Subdivisions

Diversifying Downtown Housing

Tapping the Power of Designed Open Spaces

Creating Sustainable Businesses

Chapter 8 Ending Car Captivity: Boulder, Colorado

How Transport Choices Shape Cities

A Case for Bicycles

Chapter 9 Ports as Partners in Health: Oakland, California

Air Pollution

Access to Healthy Food

Unintended Consequences of Poor Land-Use Planning

Identifying Social Inequity

Building for Economic Integration

Social Injustice, Racial Bias, and the Built Environment

Food Availability and the Built Environment

Increasing Economic Opportunity

Reducing the Impact of Violence

Chapter 10 The City That Won't Give Up: Detroit, Michigan

Issues of Race

Issues of Poverty

A City in Disrepair

A City with Unused Space

CURE (OR AT LEAST TREATMENT)

Home Ownership Supports Mental Health

The Eastern Market and Urban Agriculture

Campus Martius

Dequindre Cut

The Entrepreneurial Spirit

Making New Habits

Another Opinion

PART THREE BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

Chapter 11 What's Happening in Your Community?

DETERMINING THE HEALTH OF YOUR COMMUNITY

Define Your Community

Advocate for Legible Buildings

Consider Light, Balance, and Function

Seek Connectivity

CONDUCTING AN AUDIT OF YOUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Chapter 12 Who Are the Players?

FINDING YOUR STAKEHOLDERS

Governments

Nonprofits and Nongovernmental Organizations

Businesses and Professionals

Academic Institutions

Faith-Based Organizations

Citizens and the Global Community

SOCIAL NETWORKING

GETTING EVERYONE TO PULL TOGETHER

Chapter 13 Create an Action Plan

ANALYZE THE SYMPTOMS

Complete Streets

Healthy Buildings

Public Transit and Safer Shipping

Neighborhood Design

Business Environments

Pollution

Social Equity

DETERMINE THE DIAGNOSIS

IMPLEMENT THE CURE

Utilize

Evangelize

Organize

Realize

PROTECT THROUGH PREVENTION

EPILOGUE: NOW IT'S YOUR TURN

WHAT CAN ONE PERSON DO?

WHO INSPIRES YOU?

WHY NOT YOUR COMMUNITY?

WHY NOT NOW?

WHY NOT YOU?

NOTES

INDEX

SUPPLEMENTAL IMAGES

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Sinclair, Stacy Designing Healthy Communities

ISBN:

9781118129821

OCLC:

828303970