Wellness Architecture and Urban Design

By: Phillip James Tabb and Lahra Tatriele

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Synopsis: Wellness is a contemporary concept with deep ancient roots promoting preventative and holistic activities, lifestyle choices, and salient architecture and urban design practices. Wellness Architecture and Urban Design presents definitions, an analysis of the wellness literature, and a brief history of the wellness movement. Specific planning and design strategies are presented citing examples worldwide and emphasizing the importance of wellness considerations at all scales of the built environment from rooms to cities. Both case studies offer fully integrated and comprehensive wellness design approaches creating resilient and life-enhancing wellness through each of the architecture and urban design scales. The book will be of interest to practitioners and students working in urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, planning, and affiliated fields.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781040106839
Related ISBNs:: 9781040106822, 9781032752013, 9781032752037, 9781003472902
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/06/24
Copyrighted By:: Phillip James Tabb and Lahra Tatriele
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Health, Mind and Body, Home and Garden, Outdoors and Nature, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.