Therapeutic Landscapes [Hardcover]

The therapeutic landscape concept, first introduced early in the 1990s, has been widely employed in health/medical geography and gaining momentum in various health-related disciplines. This is the first book published in several years, and provides an introduction to the concept and its applications. Written by health/medical geographers and anthropologists, it addresses contemporary applications in the natural and built environments; for special populations, such as substance abusers; and in health care sites, a new and evolving area - and provides an array of critiques or contestations of the concept and its various applications. The conclusion of the work provides a critical evaluation of the development and progress of the concept to date, signposting the likely avenues for future investigation.Contents: Preface; Introduction: the continuing maturation of the therapeutic landscape concept, Allison M. Williams; Part 1 Traditional Therapeutic Landscapes: Natural and Built Environments: Ambiguous landscapes: sun, risk and recreation on New Zealand beaches, Damian Collins and Robin Kearns; The experimental economy of stillness: places of retreat in contemporary Britain, David Conradson; From Rishikesh to Yogaville: the globalization of therapeutic landscapes, Anne-C?cile Hoyez; Healing landscapes in the Alps: Heidi by Johanna Spyri, Allison M. Williams. Part 2 Therapeutic Geographies for Special Populations: Making clean and sober places: the intersections of therapeutic landscapes and substance abuse treatment, Geoffrey DeVeteuil, Robert D. Wilton and Shaun Klassen; Anxious subjectivities and spaces of care: therapeutic geographies of the UK National Phobics Society, Joyce Davidson and Hester Parr; Preventative applications of the therapeutic landscapes concept in urban residential settings: a quantitative application, Matthias Braubach; A 'family friendly' place: family leisure, identity and wellbeing - the zoo as therapeutic landscape, Bonnie Hallman. Part 3 Apl£!