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Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Volume II, Wellbeing and the Environment

by Cary L. Cooper, Elizabeth Burton, Rachel Cooper

March 2014

Intermediate to advanced

736 pages

21h 29m

English

Wiley-Blackwell

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Cover
Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide
Title Page
Copyright
About the Editors
Contributors
Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide
Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide
The Volumes in the SeriesReferences
1: Wellbeing and the Environment
Birth and ChildhoodAdulthoodOlder AgeAcross the Life CourseFuture Planning for Sustainable and Low-Carbon LivingReferences
Part 1: Wellbeing and the Neighborhood

2: Urban Neighborhoods and Mental Health across the Life Course
Review of Urban ExposuresMechanismsCase StudyImplications for Future Research and Prevention EffortsReferences
3: The Impact of the Local Social and Physical Local Environment on Wellbeing
IntroductionStudy Design and MethodsHealth OutcomesAssociations between Neighborhood Measures and WellbeingDiscussionAcknowledgmentsReferences
4: Density and Mental Wellbeing
IntroductionDefinitionsIntensity as Temporary DensityResearch about the Relationships between Density, Crowding, and Mental Illbeing/WellbeingConclusionsReferences
5: Neighborhoods and Social Interaction
IntroductionEarly ObservationsEssential ElementsSocial Interaction and HealthCommunity-Level Social Interactions and HealthResearch-Validated Neighborhood CharacteristicsNeighborhood Pedestrian Activity, Social Interactions, and HealthConclusionsReferences
6: Living in the City
IntroductionConceptualizing Mixed UsePracticing Mixed UseClerkenwell: Mixed-Use “Urban Village”Community SafetyConclusionReferences
7: “We Live Here Too”… What Makes a Child-Friendly Neighborhood?
IntroductionWalkable NeighborhoodsNeighborhood AestheticsContact with NaturePlaces to Go, Things to DoPlaces to Play“Not Just For Little Kids”To Feel and Be SafeSense of CommunityConsulting with ChildrenConclusionReferences
8: A Step Too Far? Designing Dementia-Friendly Neighborhoods
IntroductionThe Importance of Dementia-Friendly NeighborhoodsMoving Toward Dementia-Friendly NeighborhoodsDesigning Dementia-Friendly NeighborhoodsKey Design Features for New Developments or NeighborhoodsKey Design Features for Improving Existing NeighborhoodsConclusionReferences
9: Walkable Neighborhoods
IntroductionWhat are Walkable Neighborhoods?Components of Walkability and Increased WalkingCapturing and Measuring Walkable NeighborhoodsEvidence of Health Benefits of Walkable CommunitiesSelf-Selection and the Acceptability of Walkable NeighborhoodsConclusionReferences
10: Quality of Urban Spaces and Wellbeing
IntroductionQuality and Urban SpacesSensory UrbanismWellbeing and the Urban EnvironmentResearching Sensory RelationshipsPeople's Experience of Urban Spaces, Quality of Life, and WellbeingHolistic ExperienceDesigning Urban Spaces for WellbeingReferences
Part 2: Wellbeing and Buildings
11: Children and the Physical Environment
IntroductionCrowdingPrivacyNoiseHousingUnderlying MechanismsParentingSummary of ConsequencesFuture Issues and ResearchReferences
12: Wellbeing and the School Environment
IntroductionMeasurement of Wellbeing at SchoolThe School Environment, Bullying, and Mental HealthAccidents in the School EnvironmentThe School and Children's Weight StatusThe School Neighborhood as a Physical Activity EnvironmentThe School Neighborhood as a Food EnvironmentThe Role of School Grounds and Design in Facilitating Physical ActivitySchool Facilities for Physically Active ChildrenThe Role of the School in Food ProvisionConcluding Comments: Building Schools to Maximize WellbeingReferences
13: The Built Housing Environment, Wellbeing, and Older People
IntroductionThe Importance of Older PeopleWellbeing in Relation to HousingThe Importance of the Built Housing EnvironmentTypes of Places Where Older People LiveLearning Common to the Design of Specialist HousingAspects of the Built Housing Environment that Impact on WellbeingCondition of HousingCommon Design-Related Elements Affecting Health and WellbeingMaximizing the Ability of Housing to Meet Needs as We AgeApproaches to Enabling Aging in PlaceSummaryReferences
14: Workplace and Wellbeing
IntroductionThree Levels of ComfortA Short History of DiscomfortWork as a Social ActivityA Welcoming Workplace?Limits of Lean WorkingLearning from the TheaterChoice and ControlSocial SustainabilityReferences
15: Linking the Physical Design of Health-Care Environments to Wellbeing Indicators
IntroductionPersonal WellbeingSocial WellbeingConclusionReferences
Part 3: Wellbeing and Green Spaces
16: Wellbeing and Green Spaces in Cities
How Might Places Impact Psychological Wellbeing?Three Pathways to WellbeingDo Green Spaces Help People Pay Attention?Do Green Spaces Help Reduce Stress?Do Green Spaces Help Increase Social Ties Among Neighbors?SummaryNature at Every DoorstepReferences
17: Environmental Interaction and Engagement
IntroductionThe Biophysical EnvironmentTheories Relating to the Positivity of Environmental InteractionCultural Associations and the Importance of ExperienceSensory EngagementCase Study 1: The Sound Quality of the Urban EnvironmentNature's ConstantsCase Study 2: The Role of Street Trees in Forming a Supportive Residential EnvironmentCase Study 3: Redditch New TownWellbeing Loops and PerformativityCase Study 4: Wellbeing WalksConcluding RemarksReferences
Part 4: Wellbeing and the Environment: Other Factors and the Future
18: Crime and the Urban Environment
IntroductionCrime and WellbeingUnderstanding Crime and the Urban EnvironmentTackling Crime through Design, Planning, and ManagementEvidence of Reductions in CrimeConcerns about Levels of InsecurityTackling Insecurity through Design, Planning, and ManagementEngaging Young People in Design and PlanningAntisocial Behavior and Insecurity in England and WalesThe Politics of Security in the United KingdomCritical Review of the Measures: Antisocial Behavior and InsecurityAn Alternative Model of Fear of Crime: the Insecurity LifecycleConclusionReferencesWebsites
19: Transport and Wellbeing
What is Wellbeing?What Does Transport Do For Us?Outcome-Based Decision MakingHow do we Determine the Desired Outcome, Success Factors, and Limitations?Using Multicriteria AnalysisMobility and WellbeingThe Hierarchy of MobilityAccessibilityThe RED StrategyAdaptive Accessibility SystemsStrategies for Improving AccessibilityReferences
20: Air Quality and Wellbeing
IntroductionIndividual PollutantsExposure to PollutantsPolicy Actions to Reduce Effects of Air Quality on WellbeingReducing ExposureDiscussionReferences
21: Implications of Low-Carbon Design of Housing for Health and Wellbeing
The United KingdomLow-Carbon HousingNew HomesRefurbishment of Existing HomesImplications for the Indoor EnvironmentImpacts on healthDiscussionReferences
22: Cobenefits of Insulating Houses
IntroductionReview of Evidence about Impacts of InsulationThe Housing, Insulation and Health StudyGeneralizing from a Community Trial to the General PopulationFuel PovertyThe Housing, Heating and Health StudyAdditional Cobenefits of Home InsulationPossible Health Costs from Insulating HousesFurther ResearchPolicy Implications of Insulating HomesConclusionReferences
23: The Multiple Pathways between Environment and Health
BackgroundThe Intriguing Paths of Environmental Health ResearchTowards a More Integrated Understanding of Environmental HealthPlace-Based, Context-Sensitive Strategy for Environmental Health Promotion ResearchTwo Examples of Complex Health-Promoting Processes of Urban SettingsConclusion: The Integrated View of Health Promotion Applied to Urban PlanningReferences
24: Summary
NeighborhoodsGreen SpacesBuildingsGlobal ContextThe Way Ahead
Index

Overview

Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume examines the ways in which the built environment can affect and enhance the wellbeing of society.

Explores the effects of environment on wellbeing and provides insight and guidance for designing, creating, or providing environments that improve wellbeing

Looks at the social and health issues surrounding sustainable energy and sustainable communities, and how those connect to concepts of wellbeing

Brings the evidence base for environmental wellbeing into one volume from across disciplines including urban planning, psychology, sociology, healthcare, architecture, and more

Part of the six-volume set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research on wellbeing from across the social sciences

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