Landscape Empowerment - A Participatory Design Approach to Create Restorative Environments for Assembly Line Workers in the Foxconn Factory (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)

This book discusses essential strategies and approaches to creating mentally restorative environments for highly stressed and depressed workers at sweatshop factories. Drawing on the Foxconn factory in Longhua, China and an adjacent urban village as a sample site for research and design practice, the book employs a bottom-up and participatory process. The content is divided into two main parts, the first of which investigates economic, cultural, human rights, and environmental issues related to the electronic industry and urban village, providing in-depth research on various aspects, especially the working and living conditions for Foxconn workers. Based on these findings, the second part highlights potential landscape designs to address a range of issues, locations, and scales. The book's goals are to provide a set of original methods for research and design practice in a complex social and economic context, and to raise awareness regarding the health, dignity and freedom of millions of workers.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	February 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Bin Jiang
Dimensions:	279 x 210mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	261
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-981-15-2069-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Personnel & human resources management Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Environmental medicine > General Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > Heating, lighting, ventilation
LSN:	981-15-2069-0
Barcode:	9789811520693

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