Social aspects of urban space management in the context of environmental health – from the garden city idea to current social movements
Journal Title: Medycyna Ogólna i Nauki o Zdrowiu - Year 2015, Vol 21, Issue 4
Abstract
[b]Introduction and aim of the study. [/b]Among the most valuable solutions in urban planning was the idea of a garden city, coined by British community activist, Ebenezer Howard, at the end of 19 th century. At present, apart from urban planning, various types of social movements based on social and emotional engagement are an important component in the process of care of population health. The main goal of the study is to present a review of new forms of social movements acting on behalf of improvement of the quality of life and health of urban inhabitants, which have emerged as a consequence of contemporary social changes. [b]Short description of state of knowledge.[/b] Creating new solutions to improve the quality of health of urban communities by the inhabitants themselves is extremely precious in an increasingly more urbanized social reality. Active participation of recipients in public health programmes is a basic rule. Review of contemporary ecological social movements, based on new forms of social activity is ‘the reason to reflect upon ways of social and health policy as well as productive usage of potential in these activities’, in which the pretext for consideration in what way social and health policy may use the created initiatives on a wider scale, and what can be done in order not to squander their potential. [b]Summary. [/b]At present, social organizations and movements are an important element of environmental health, because they engage/involve local communities in the solving of environmental problems. Analysis of social activity focused on environmental health policy may assume the form of a map, which may facilitate the stimulation of local communities to undertake further actions.[b]Key words: [/b]social movements, urban space management, garden city idea, quality of life, public health, mapping
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Karina Erenkfeit, Liwia Dudzińska, Maja Muszyńska-Graca, Agata Wypych-Ślusarska
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