Designing Healthy Communities [Kindle Edition]
Author: Richard J. Jackson Stacy Sinclair | Language: English | ISBN: B005OKPELG | Format: PDF, EPUB
Download electronic versions of selected books Designing Healthy Communities for everyone book mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link Designing Healthy Communities, the companion book to the acclaimed public television documentary, highlights how we design the built environment and its potential for addressing and preventing many of the nation's devastating childhood and adult health concerns. Dr. Richard Jackson looks at the root causes of our malaise and highlights healthy community designs achieved by planners, designers, and community leaders working together. Ultimately, Dr. Jackson encourages all of us to make the kinds of positive changes highlighted in this book. 2012 Nautilus Silver Award Winning Title in category of “Social Change”
"In this book Dr. Jackson inhabits the frontier between public health and urban planning, offering us hopeful examples of innovative transformation, and ends with a prescription for individual action. This book is a must read for anyone who cares about how we shape the communities and the world that shapes us." —Will Rogers, president and CEO, The Trust for Public Land
"While debates continue over how to design cities to promote public health, this book highlights the profound health challenges that face urban residents and the ways in which certain aspects of the built environment are implicated in their etiology. Jackson then offers up a set of compelling cases showing how local activists are working to fight obesity, limit pollution exposure, reduce auto-dependence, rebuild economies, and promote community and sustainability. Every city planner and urban designer should read these cases and use them to inform their everyday practice."
—Jennifer Wolch, dean, College of Environmental Design, William W. Wurster Professor, City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
"Dr. Jackson has written a thoughtful text that illustrates how and why building healthy communities is the right prescription for America."
—Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director, American Public Health Association
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Download latest books on mediafire and other links compilation Designing Healthy Communities- File Size: 3623 KB
- Print Length: 283 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1118033663
- Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (September 19, 2011)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B005OKPELG
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
- Lending: Enabled
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I have just finished reading Designing Healthy Communities, by Richard J. Jackson, with Stacy Sinclair. It is one of the most important books I have read in the past few years. I interviewed Dr. Jackson for my book, INSIDE THE OUTBREAKS, a history of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, because he was an EIS officer at the beginning of his long career in public health. The worst public health disaster we currently face is the obesity epidemic, which leads to prolonged illness and deaths from diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and various types of cancer. Jackson makes the compelling case that our built environment -- i.e., our car-centric culture -- is largely to blame, along with the widespread availability of cheap junk food versus fresh, locally grown produce and meat. He calls for a rethinking of the way we live, encouraging people to walk, bike, and rediscover the type of city and small-town life we once had in this country in the early 1900s, with the addition of more modern conveniences and design. He gives examples of cities that have "done it right," such as Boulder, Colorado, and Charleston, South Carolina, while discussing the plight of troubled cities such as Detroit, Michigan, and Oakland, California. Those interested in the good and bad aspects of Atlanta, Georgia, will also find much to ponder.By Mark H. Pendergrast
The book is a companion to a four-part, four-hour documentary series of the same name. I have watched the series, which is compelling as well. The book and film really are complementary rather than duplicative. Each includes information missing from the other, though the over-arching messages are the same.
I highly recommend this book and DVD series to anyone interested in public health, city design, healthy living, and our future on this planet.
I saw the author of this book on a T.V interview and I was so intrgued by what was said that I wanted to get it as fast as I could and at a good price so I used my Amazon Card at the Amazon store on-line. I was writing a program at the time about helping neighbors to be good and healthy neighbors. Upon reading this book by jumping from area of interest to another I decided this was outstanding and could be used in a variety of ways. This book ought to be shared and used by every town or city council as well as the County Commission. It is easy to read and understood by the average high school graduate hence any citizen who is able to afford it ought to possess and study it. Although written by an M.D. it is very down to earth with a spiritual infusion that empowers one's compassion for the citizens of a community that is not able to follow the concepts and insights of his recommendations. Well Done.By Richard D. Reece
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