Wellness City Health and Well-being in Urban Economic Development /

• Main Author: Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Employee health promotion.; Project management.; Manpower policy.; Organization.; Planning.; Urban economics.; Employee Health and Wellbeing.; Project Management.; Human Resource Development.; Urban Economics.

'Wellness is a major economic trend of our time. Anttiroiko highlights key dimensions of wellness-oriented policy and reveals empirical cases that illustrate how local governments can profit from wellness strategies. This book should be read by students, experts and public managers looking to c...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Conceptual Field of Wellness
• 3. Wellness and the City
• 4. Wellness in Local Economic Development
• 5. Dimensions of the Wellness City
• 6. Wellness City Strategies in Local-Global Dialectic
• 7. Towards an Inclusive Wellness City
• 8.Conclusion.