Green Infrastructure and Public Health

<p>There is a growing body of knowledge revealing a sweeping array of connections between public health and green infrastructure - but not until now have the links between them been brought together in one comprehensive book. <i>Green Infrastructure and Public Health </i>provides an overview of current research and theories of the ecological relationships and mechanisms by which the environment influences human health and health behaviour. </p><p>Covering a broad spectrum of contemporary understanding Coutts outlines: </p><ul> <ul> <p> </p> <li>public health models that explicitly promote the importance of the environment to health </li> <p> </p> <li>ways in which the quality of the landscape is tied to health </li> <p> </p> <li>challenges of maintaining viable landscapes amidst a rapidly changing global environment </li> </ul> </ul><p>This book presents the case for fundamental human dependence on the natural environment and creates a bridge between contemporary science on the structure and form of a healthy landscape and the myriad ways that a healthy landscape supports healthy human beings. It presents ideal reading for students and practitioners of landscape architecture urban design planning and health studies. </p>