Therapeutic Landscapes

The Dynamic Between Place and Wellness

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Academics, health practitioners, and the general population increasingly recognize the importance of place as an essential element in the development of identity, health, and overall well-being. Although therapeutic landscapes have been traditionally associated with special places such as hot springs, this book expands the concept by exploring the healing applications of space from social, anthropological, and health care delivery perspectives. The essays in this collection examine a number of related topics including the health-promoting qualities of specific physical environments, the significance of place for the de-institutionalized and homeless, and the role of therapeutic landscapes in health care facilities. Drawing on their experiences in Britain, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States, the contributors offer diverse perspectives and new insights on the relationship between place and wellness. Public health practitioners, medical and health professionals, urban planners, and policy makers as well as academics studying the health and social sciences will find this book of great interest.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1999-11-03
Mått147 x 228 x 13 mm
Vikt349 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761814924

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chapter 1 Introduction chapter 2 Rehabilitating Middle England: Integrating Ecology, Aesthetics, and Ethics chapter 3 Accessible Wilderness as a Therapeutic Landscape: Experiencing the Nature of Denali National Park, Alaska chapter 4 Summer Camp as a Therapeutic Landscape chapter 5 Place Identity and Therapeutic Landscapes: The Case of Home Care Workers in a Medically Underserviced Area chapter 6 Compromised Space: Contests over the Provision of a Therapeutic Environment for People with Mental Illness chapter 7 Mental Health and the Therapeutic Geographies of the City: Individual and Collective Negotiations chapter 8 The Street Gives and the Street Takes: Designing Housing for the Chronically Homeless chapter 9 Auckland's Starship Enterprise: Placing Metaphor in a Children's Hospital chapter 10 Healing Landscapes: Revolution and Health Care in Post-Socialist Havana chapter 11 Place, Space, and Geographies of Health Care: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives chapter 12 Index

The ten papers included in this collection represent an informative and innovative area of research within the geography of health... 'Therapeutic Landscapes' offers valuable insights into the complex interconnections between health and place. Thiscollection of papers has reasserted the importance of place by embracing perceptions of both material and symbolic landscapes in relation to health. This book is well worth reading... Health and Place The ten papers included in this collection represent an informative and innovative area of research within the geography of health... 'Therapeutic Landscapes' offers valuable insights into the complex interconnections between health and place. This collection of papers has reasserted the importance of place by embracing perceptions of both material and symbolic landscapes in relation to health. This book is well worth reading... Health and Place

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