Environment, Health, and Sustainable Development (Advances in People-Environment Studies)

Aleya Abdel-Hadi

ISBN 10: 0889373744 / ISBN 13: 9780889373747

Published by Hogrefe Verlag, 2010

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Neu neuware, importqualität, auf lager - Unique insights into the planning, design, and management of sustainable and healthy environments The planning, design, and management of sustainable and healthy environments are the key themes addressed in the papers in this book, selected from the IAPS 19 Conference held in Alexandria (Egypt). Authors from a number of different disciplines discuss challenges, approaches, and successfully implemented environmental measures intended to promote healthy and sustainable environments: healthy environments for children and adults, settlement patterns, housing and sustainability, managing the environment, nature. With reports on research from Scandinavia to Latin America, Japan to the Middle East, by expert authors drawn from four continents, this book offers unique global insights into the planning, design, and management of sustainable and healthy environments that can inform and inspire activities at a local level.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Environment, Health, and Sustainable Development (Advances in People-Environment Studies)
• Publisher: Hogrefe Verlag
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889373744
• ISBN 13: 9780889373747
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 18D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 498 grams

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Synopsis

This work offers unique insights into the planning, design, and management of sustainable and healthy environments. The planning, design, and management of sustainable and healthy environments are the key themes addressed in the papers in this book, selected from the IAPS 19 Conference held in Alexandria (Egypt). Authors from a number of different disciplines discuss challenges, approaches, and successfully implemented environmental measures intended to promote healthy and sustainable environments: healthy environments for children and adults, settlement patterns, housing and sustainability, managing the environment, nature. With reports on research from Scandinavia to Latin America, Japan to the Middle East, by expert authors drawn from four continents, this book offers unique global insights into the planning, design, and management of sustainable and healthy environments that can inform and inspire activities at a local level.

About the Author

Aleya Abdel-Hadi is Emeritus Professor of Interior Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Helwan University, Cairo.
Mostafa K. Tolba is President of the International Center for Environment and Development and former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program.
Salah Soliman is Professor at the Department of Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology, Alexandria University.