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Healthy Landscapes: Theory and Design Approaches to Promote Health in Urban Communities book cover

1st Edition

Healthy Landscapes Theory and Design Approaches to Promote Health in Urban Communities

By Bin Jiang, Lan Luo, Xueming Liu Copyright 2026
468 Pages 427 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

468 Pages 427 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

468 Pages 427 Color Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book responds to the need for a comprehensive and detailed theoretical framework and systemic design approaches to improve mental, physical, social, behavioral, and ecological health in urban environments. Although rapid urban development has created enormous economic and social value, it has also brought problems that have posed serious threats to the health of urban residents. Healthy... Read more

List of Figures ix

List of Tables xxvii

Foreword by Prof. William C. Sullivan xxix

Foreword by Prof. Kongjian Yu xxxii

Preface xxxiv

Acknowledgements xxxix

About the Authors xlii

PART I THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK WITH PATHWAYS AND KEY LANDSCAPE DESIGN PRINCIPLES TO PROMOTE HEALTH IN URBAN COMMUNITIES 1

1 Introduction: Background, challenges, and solutions 3

2 Mental health: Theoretical framework with pathways and key landscape design principles 21

3 Physical health: Theoretical framework with pathways and key landscape design principles 50

4 Social health: Theoretical framework with pathways and key landscape design principles 79

5 Behavioral health: Theoretical framework and key landscape design principles 105

6 Ecosystem health: Theoretical framework and key landscape design principles 145

Part I Summary 177

PART II SYSTEMATIC LANDSCAPE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND DETAILED STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE HEALTH IN URBAN COMMUNITIES 179

7 General plan for community landscapes 181

8 Main entrance landscapes 223

9 Central courtyard landscapes 242

10 Recreational fitness trail landscapes 268

11 Senior center landscapes 282

12 Exercise and sports complex landscapes 300

13 Community center landscapes 316

14 Landscapes in the natural playground 333

15 Sensory garden landscapes 356

16 Swimming and water recreation space landscapes 382

17 Sublime landscapes 397

Index 415

Biography

Bin Jiang is an Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture and the founding director of the Urban Environments and Human Health Lab at the University of Hong Kong (lab website: https://uehh .hku .hk).

Lan Luo is an Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a Post-doctoral Fellow and a Senior Research Project Manager in the Urban Environments and Human Health Lab at the University of Hong Kong.

Xueming Liu is the laboratory manager and a Post-doctoral Fellow in the Urban Environments and Human Health Lab at the University of Hong Kong.

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