Building American Public Health - Urban Planning, Architecture, and the Quest for Better Health in the United States (Paperback, 1st ed. 2012)

This historical study looks at how reformers have used urban planning and architecture to improve the health of urban residents of the United States. It begins in the nineteenth century, when problems in rapidly urbanizing cities threatened to overwhelm cities, and then traces the development and impact of reform movements up through the First World War, including discussions of model tenements, the 'city beautiful' movement, tenement laws, and zoning and building codes. Midcentury design movements, such as new efforts to plan suburbs and Modernism, along with outlines of the impacts of public housing, highway building, and urban renewal, are the focus of the middle chapters of the book. The final third examines the revival of cities and the reconnection of public health with urban planning that occurred as the twentieth century ended.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	R. Lopez
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	254
Edition:	1st ed. 2012
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-43379-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	1-349-43379-9
Barcode:	9781349433797

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