The Topography of Wellness by Sara Jensen Carr
Offers a chronological narrative of how six epidemics transformed the American urban landscape, reflecting changing views of the power of design, pathology of disease, and the epidemiology of the environment.
A substantial contribution to the field illustrating how public health and planning policies merged and supported each other after the Industrial Revolution, parted ways in the twentieth century, and have now remerged in tackling contemporary issues of health and the built environmentCarr draws on a myriad of sources, and the work represents sound and thorough scholarship." —Clare Cooper Marcus, University of California, Berkeley, author of Iona Dreaming: The Healing Power of Place
"I cannot imagine a more perfect post-pandemic book. Public health provides the legal foundations for the architecture, landscape architecture, and planning professions in the United States. As a result, it is essential to understand the role that public health has played in shaping our cities. In The Topography of Wellness, Sara Jensen Carr provides a tour-de-force review and analysis of the checkered history of the contributions that public health and disease have played in designing and planning the American landscape." —Frederick Steiner, University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, author of Making Plans: How to Engage with Landscape, Design, and the Urban Environment
Sara Jensen Carr is Assistant Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape at Northeastern University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813946306 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813946301 |
| Title | The Topography of Wellness |
| Author | Sara Jensen Carr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
| Year published | 2021-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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