Reinventing Healthy Communities: Implications for Individual and Societal Well-Being

Contemporary views of “livable communities” maintain that density and diversity are good for cities. Healthy communities are more pedestrian-friendly and less automobile-centric. Mixed use zoning keeps a flow of people through parks, streets, neighborhoods, and districts, which is good for business,...

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description Contemporary views of “livable communities” maintain that density and diversity are good for cities. Healthy communities are more pedestrian-friendly and less automobile-centric. Mixed use zoning keeps a flow of people through parks, streets, neighborhoods, and districts, which is good for business, safety, and tourism. Dwellings are human scale and locally-sourced food is more sustainable for the environment and healthier for individuals. But how should social institutions collaborate with those of the economic and political sectors to maximize community well-being? The United Way partnership model and the growing concern for triple-bottom-line outcomes involving financial, social, and environmental considerations offer a broad perspective on healthy communities. This special collection, therefore, employs a wide lens to examine multiple factors that characterize healthy communities including inclusiveness, equity, human rights, and mutual assistance. Researchers from various fields including psychiatry, public health, sociology, political science, community planning, economics, kinesiology, and social work present their findings on critical issues impacting the health of communities.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-580692023-12-20T15:54:31Z Reinventing Healthy Communities: Implications for Individual and Societal Well-Being HT51-1595 poverty prevention nongovernmental organizations nonprofit organizations food security child development affordable housing sustainable community development health care access bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSC Social classes Contemporary views of “livable communities” maintain that density and diversity are good for cities. Healthy communities are more pedestrian-friendly and less automobile-centric. Mixed use zoning keeps a flow of people through parks, streets, neighborhoods, and districts, which is good for business, safety, and tourism. Dwellings are human scale and locally-sourced food is more sustainable for the environment and healthier for individuals. But how should social institutions collaborate with those of the economic and political sectors to maximize community well-being? The United Way partnership model and the growing concern for triple-bottom-line outcomes involving financial, social, and environmental considerations offer a broad perspective on healthy communities. This special collection, therefore, employs a wide lens to examine multiple factors that characterize healthy communities including inclusiveness, equity, human rights, and mutual assistance. Researchers from various fields including psychiatry, public health, sociology, political science, community planning, economics, kinesiology, and social work present their findings on critical issues impacting the health of communities. 2021-02-12T01:36:00Z 2021-02-12T01:36:00Z 2016-10-14 08:33:14 2016 book 19821 9783038422624 9783038422631 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/58069 eng application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://amzn.to/2eIv72D http://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/226 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783038422624 9783038422631 X, 220 open access
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poverty prevention
nongovernmental organizations
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food security
child development
affordable housing
sustainable community development
health care access
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Reinventing Healthy Communities: Implications for Individual and Societal Well-Being
title Reinventing Healthy Communities: Implications for Individual and Societal Well-Being
title_full Reinventing Healthy Communities: Implications for Individual and Societal Well-Being
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title_short Reinventing Healthy Communities: Implications for Individual and Societal Well-Being
title_sort reinventing healthy communities implications for individual and societal well being
topic HT51-1595
poverty prevention
nongovernmental organizations
nonprofit organizations
food security
child development
affordable housing
sustainable community development
health care access
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSC Social classes
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poverty prevention
nongovernmental organizations
nonprofit organizations
food security
child development
affordable housing
sustainable community development
health care access
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSC Social classes
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