{"product_id":"healthy-cities-john-k-davies-9780415077927","title":"Healthy Cities: Research and Practice","description":"The growth of health promotion as a topic for discussion and a principle for practice is widespread, and affects all groups of health professionals. The Healthy Cities project, like Health for All, was inaugurated by the World Health Organization and has informed policy throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eHealthy Cities: Research and Practice\u003c\/em\u003e examines the application of the project in a number of countries. The contributors explore problems in the relationship between policy makers, communities, and academic researchers, and discuss how the Healthy Cities program affects housing policy, community development, scientific interchange and health education. In addition, the Editors, John Davies and Michael Kelly, provide a context by tracing the history of the WHO projects and discuss them in the broader context of scientific and philosohical debates about modernism and post-modernism.\u003cbr\u003e The contributors are drawn from practitioners and scientists with wide experience in the area from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the United States. \u003cem\u003eHealthy Cities\u003c\/em\u003e will be invaluable to all those working at community level and in government with an interest in health, as well as students of health promotion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John K. Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415077923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415077927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.36w x 0.50d","brand":"John K. Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46334410195199,"sku":"9780415077927","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f09d54a-0ead-46aa-950b-08a66e2843a0.jpg?v=1731466761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/healthy-cities-john-k-davies-9780415077927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}