Open space
Subtitle: people space
By: edited by Catharine Ward-Thompson and Penny Travlou.
Contributors: Ward Thompson, Catharine.; Travlou, Penny.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415415330; 9780415415347
Subjects: Open spaces; Public spaces; Regional planning; Human geography; Spatial behavior; Outdoor recreation
Table of contents: title: Public spaces for a changing public life / Jan Gehl; title: "The health of the people is the highest law" : public health, public policy, and green space / Ken Worpole; title: Playful nature : what makes the difference between some people going outside and others not? / Catharine Ward Thompson; title: Culture, heritage, and access to open spaces / Judy Ling Wong; title: Landscape perception as a reflection of quality of life and social exclusion in rural areas : what does it mean in an expanded Europe? / Simon Bell and Alicia Montarzino; title: Mapping youth spaces in the public realm : identity, space, and social exclusion / Penny Travlou; title: What makes a park inclusive and universally designed? : a multi-method approach / Robin C. Moore and Nilda G. Cosco; title: "You just follow the signs" : understanding visitor wayfinding problems in the countryside / Katherine Southwell and Catherine Findlay; title: Developing evidence-based design : environmental interventions for healthy development of young children in the outdoors / Nilda Cosco; title: Healing gardens for people living with Alzheimer's : challenges to creating an evidence base for treatment outcomes / John Zeisel; title: Measuring the quality of the outdoor environment relevant to older people's lives / Takemi Sugiyama and Catharine Ward Thompson; title: Three steps to understanding restorative environments as health resources / Terry Hartig; title: On quality of life, analysis, and evidence based belief / Peter A Aspinall.