Healthy Cities: Public Health through Urban Planning

Mounting scientific evidence generated over the past decade highlights the significant role of our cities' built environments in shaping our health and well-being. In this book, the authors conceptualize the 'urban health niche' as a novel approach to public health and healthy-city planning that integrates the diverse and multi-level health determinants present in a city system.

The authors trace the origins of public health and city planning, drawing upon the shifting paradigms of epidemiol...