Children's health and wellbeing in urban environments /
edited by Christina R. Ergler, Robin Kearns and Karen Witten.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)
- Geographies of health series .
- Geographies of health (Routledge) .
chapter Introduction: a children's place in health geography / part Part I Neighbourhood environments -- chapter 1 The miasma of occupation: the eff ects of seen and unseen violence on Palestinian children and families / chapter 2 Children's active transport and independent mobility in the urban environment / chapter 3 How does the neighbourhood built environment in? uence child development? / chapter 4 Changing geographies of children's air pollution exposure / chapter 5 Is society now being social? / chapter 6 Cities that encourage happiness / part Part II Home and away -- chapter 7 Mobilising children: the role of mobile communications in child mobility / chapter 8 The role of the geography of educational opportunity in the wellbeing of African American children / chapter 9 Child medical travel in Argentina: narratives of family separation and moving away from home / chapter 10 Cycles of violence, girlhood and motherhood: family formation in Guayaquil's shantytowns / part Part III Gardens, greens and nature -- chapter 11 Urban green spaces and childhood obesity in (sub)tropical Queensland, Australia / chapter 12 Is 'natural' education healthy education? A comparative analysis of forest-based education and green care spaces in Germany and the UK / chapter 13 Being connected? Wellbeing aff ordances for suburban and central city children / part Part IV Viewing wellbeing -- chapter 14 Mobilities of wellbeing in children's health promotion: confronting urban settings in geographically informed theory and practice / chapter 15 Identity, place, and the (cultural) wellbeing of Indigenous children / chapter 16 Ecological wellbeing, childhood and environmental change / CHRISTINA R. ERGLER -- BREE AKESSON -- ALISON CARVER -- KAREN VILLANUEVA -- SHANON LIM -- HELEN WOOLLEY -- CLAIRE FREEMAN -- BJORN NANSEN -- K. MILAM BROOKS AND PAMELA ANNE QUIROZ -- CECILIA VINDROLA-PADROS AND EUGENIA BRAGE -- ALYSA HANDELSMAN -- DEBRA FLANDERS CUSHING, HARRIOT BEAZLEY AND LISA LAW -- SILVIA SCHAFFER -- CHRISTINA R. ERGLER, ROBIN KEARNS, ADRIENNE DE MELO -- JEFFREY R. MASUDA -- MICHELLE THOMPSON-FAWCETT AND ROBIN QUIGG -- ANN E. BARTOS.
"How children experience, negotiate and connect with or resist their surroundings impacts on their health and wellbeing. In cities, various aspects of the physical and social environment can affect children';s wellbeing. This edited ;collection brings together different accounts and experiences of children';s health and wellbeing in urban environments from majority and minority world perspectives. Privileging children';s expertise, this timely ;volume explicitly explores the relationships between health, wellbeing and place. To demonstrate the importance of a place-based understanding of urban children';s health and wellbeing, the authors unpack the meanings of the physical, social and symbolic environments that constrain or enable children';s flourishing in urban environments. Drawing on the expertise of geographers, educationists, anthropologists, psychologists, planners and public health researchers, as well as nurses and social workers, this book, above all, sees children as the experts on their experiences of the issues that affect their wellbeing.Children';s Health and Wellbeing in Urban Environments will be fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in cultural geography, urban geography, environmental geography, children';s health, youth studies or urban planning."--Provided by publisher.
9781315571560 9781317167631
10.4324/9781315571560 doi
City children--Health and hygiene. City children--Social conditions. Urban health. Child welfare.