Designing healthy communities. Searching for Shangri-La

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Dr. Jackson searches past and present America for healthy, sustainable communities of all sizes and shapes that can serve as models for the rest of the nation. His journey takes him to Roseto, PA, Prairie Crossing, IL, New York City, Charleston, SC, and the forgotten 1960s urban renewal project of L...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Baroff, Beverly (Author, Producer, Editor)
Other Authors: Bell, Dale, 1938- (Director, Producer), Wiland, Harry (Director, Producer)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Media Policy Center, 2011
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
City planning > Health aspects > United States.
City planning > Environmental aspects > United States.
Sustainable urban development > United States.
Public health > United States.
Documentary television programs.
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Summary:Dr. Jackson searches past and present America for healthy, sustainable communities of all sizes and shapes that can serve as models for the rest of the nation. His journey takes him to Roseto, PA, Prairie Crossing, IL, New York City, Charleston, SC, and the forgotten 1960s urban renewal project of Lafayette Park in Detroit, MI, the brainchild of 4 men, including visionary architect, Mies van der Rohe. Also included are walkability expert, Dan Burden, and the 1960s, humorous but insightful, candid camera- style studies of people in public spaces by William Holly White.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed August 18, 2015).
Physical Description:1 online resource (57 min.)
Playing Time:00:56:43
Language:In English.

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