Towards Healthy Cities: Comparing Conditions for Change

by Leo van den Berg, Jeroen Klijs, Alexander Otgaar, et al.

This book explores the conditions needed to make public and private investments in healthy cities most effective. The authors argue that three conditions are essential for such investments: citizen empowerment, corporate responsibility and a coordinated improvement of urban health conditions. Using an integrated approach to health in line with the Healthy Cities philosophy of the World Health Organization, case studies in Helsinki, Liverpool, London,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409420663
• ISBN13: 9781409420668
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"