Wellness City

Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland. His research focuses on local economic development and public sector innovations. His academic contributions include a large number of internationally distributed publications, including The Political Economy of City Branding and New Urban Management (Palgrave, 2015).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Conceptual Field of Wellness.- 3. Wellness and the City.- 4. Wellness in Local Economic Development.- 5. Dimensions of the Wellness City.- 6. Wellness City Strategies in Local-Global Dialectic.- 7. Towards an Inclusive Wellness City.- 8.Conclusion.