Advancing health and wellbeing in the changing urban environment : implementing a systems approach /: implementing a systems approach. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Franz W. Gatzweiler [and 15 more].
• Authors: Gatzweiler, Franz W
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction to ICSU, UNU, IAP and IUE; 1 Advancing Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment; 1 Background; 2 Introduction: Urban Transformations and Health; 3 Context and Relevance: Why Cities and Why Urban Health?; 3.1 Urbanisation, Urban Density and Complexity; 3.2 Governing Urban Complexity for Health and Wellbeing; 4 Policy Relevance and Decision Making; 5 A Systems Approach to Urban Health and Wellbeing; 5.1 Why a Systems Approach Is Needed; 5.2 What Is a Systems Approach to Urban Health and Wellbeing? 6 Implementing the Systems Approach: A Conceptual Framework7 Vision and Goals of a Science Programme on a Systems Approach to Urban Health and Wellbeing; 8 Guiding Principles and Thematic Areas; 9 The Kind of City People Want; References; Endnotes; Glossary; Index.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 62 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 362.1/042; Urban health; Well-being; Sociology, Urban; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Sociology, Urban; Urban health; Well-being; Urban Health; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811033643; 9811033641
• Related ISBNs: 9789811033636; 9811033633
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 3, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.