Lifelong Learning and Education in Healthy and Sustainable Cities

Book Overview

Coping with Climate Change Effects on Urban Infrastructure - Problem Structuring Based on Value-Focused Thinking Methodology.- Participatory GIS for Urban Sustainability and Resilience.- The Regional Development Councils of Rio Grande do Sul as a Model of Participated Regional Management. Comparative Case Study.- Participation in Urban Planning.- The Urban Planning Guided by Indicators and Best Practices- Three Case Studies in the South of Brazil.- Nature, People and Place- Informing the Design of Urban Environments in Harmony with Nature through the Space - Nature Syntax.- Public Policies to Live Well in Harmony Nature.- Health and the Urban- Multiple Threads Interconnecting Health in the City.- Making Rural and Urban Connections by Integrating Nutrition and Agriculture- A Case Study of Food and Nutrition Security Instruments in Brazil.- Health and Sustainability- Reinforcing Public and Private Engagement through Tertiary Institutions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319694731
• ISBN13: 9783319694733
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 635 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"