Maller Healthy Urban Environments

More-than-human theories
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-21724-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 178 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Environment and Health

Set in the human-environment interaction space, this book applies new theoretical insights to health in urban environments. It stems from increasing interest in the creation of healthy settings and liveable cities, which aim to improve equity and sustainability in urban environments, but do so with theoretically simplistic and unimaginative models. Conceptually and practically, the book is situated at the intersection of human geography, health promotion and design of urban environments. Drawing on the work of Nigel Thrift, Donna Haraway, Jane Bennett, Sarah Whatmore, Elizabeth Shove and Bruno Latour among others it presents a synthesis of these authors’ theoretical contributions and what they can offer to understanding the health outcomes and impacts, interactions and encounters of urban environments. In particular the book turns its attention to socio-ecological models of health and expands and reframes these use ideas from more-than-human theory. As a practical contribution, it then directs these ideas towards reinvigorating health promotion and urban design.

The book will be of interest to researchers in health sociology and human geography as well as professionals and policymakers in public health, health promotion, social planning and urban design.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maller, Cecily

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Part 1: Using More-than-Human Theories to Understand Human-environment Interactions 1. Non-representational/More-than-representational Theory 2. Urban Assemblages, Materiality and Matter 3. Theories of Social Practice 4. Theoretical intersections and encounters. Part 2: Encountering Urban Environments 5. Physical activity and exercise 6. Commuting and mobilities 7. Socialising with humans and non-humans. Part 3: Using More-Than-Human Theory in Health Promotion and Urban Design 8. Health Promotion and the Social Determinants of Health 9. Socio-ecological Framings and the Settings Approach. 10 Designing Healthy and Liveable Cities. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Cecily Maller is a Senior Research Fellow and Co-leader of the Beyond Behaviour Change Research Program - Centre for Urban Research, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Australia