Urban Planning for Healthy European Cities (SpringerBriefs in Geography)

Synopsis

This Book Investigates Different Aspects Of The Relationship Between Healthy Cities And Urban Planning, Examining Various Best Practices In Europe. It Uses The Above As A Starting Point And Investigates Different Aspects Of Healthy Cities, Examining Various Best Practices In Europe. Capitalizing On Ongoing Trials, The Chapters Identify The Policies That Underlie Plans And Projects That Have Caused Positive Changes In Local Communities In Terms Of The Quality Of Life And Safety Of Inhabitants. From These Best Practices, The Book Deduces Criteria And Guidelines For Planning Healthy And Safe Cities. Part 1. The City For Better Living: For The Human Development Of Cities In An Era Of Climate Change -- Goals, Opportunities And Limits To The European Healthy Cities Network -- Criteria Of Healthfulness In Urban Environments: From A Theoretical Debate To Some Early Experiments -- Part Ii. Healthy Urban Planning In Europe: The Need For New Urban Planning For Healthy Cities: Reorienting Urban Planning Towards Healthy Public Policy -- Health Promotion And Urban Sustainability: A Perspective On Duality -- The Crucial Point In Assessing Plans And Projects For Healthy Cities -- Comparing European Cities On The Road To Integrating Health And Urban Planning -- Part Iii. Planning And Designing Healthy Cities And Communities: Impriving Health Through Community Urban Planning -- Best Practices Around The World: Some Suggestions For European Cities -- Urban Planning And Design Centred On Health Metrics. Rosalba D'onofrio, Elio Trusiani. Includes Bibliographical References.