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Corburn's holistic approach, supported by case studies of three very different cities in California, Colombia, and Kenya, provides background on how substantive and lasting changes can be engendered through a grassroots, citizen-centered project. Corburn's detailed descriptions of programs--for example, the Circumvent Garden Project in Medellin--offer a model for developing new projects. Undergraduates may embrace health equity into all policies (HiAP) yet find that working to embed HiAP in their projects is difficult. Corburn's case study on Richmond, CA, documents the creation of a Food Policy Council to address HiAP strategy objectives. This is an important addition to libraries supporting programs in public health, public history, social work, and political science. -- Choice Cities for Life is recommended reading for all who are trying to gain better insight into urban studies, urban governance and urban living, like academicians, practitioners, social scientists and researchers, and especially those with an interest in the relationship between urban governance and mental health or community recovery and realities of Inclusive Planning through a participatory approach. -- Cities and Health Cities for Life amplifies community voices, capacities, and rich local ingenuity that need to be harnessed and incorporated into policy and practice. Following the increasing urbanization of poverty and associated health losses, this book is a must read for researchers, students, policy makers and practitioners. --Blessing Uchenna Mberu, Head of Urbanization and Wellbeing Unit, African Population and Health Research Center Corburn's messaging that 'human health happens in neighborhoods and communities not just in the doctor's office' is a crucial reckoning for the health equity movement. His focus on storytelling and historical place-making creates a compelling context for contemporary on-the-ground action. Cities for Life should be required reading for policymakers and activists in urban planning, public health, and environmental justice. --Peggy M. Shepard, co-founder and executive director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Corburn's holistic approach, supported by case studies of three very different cities in California, Colombia, and Kenya, provides background on how substantive and lasting changes can be engendered through a grassroots, citizen-centered project. Corburn's detailed descriptions of programs--for example, the Circumvent Garden Project in Medellin--offer a model for developing new projects. Undergraduates may embrace health equity into all policies (HiAP) yet find that working to embed HiAP in their projects is difficult. Corburn's case study on Richmond, CA, documents the creation of a Food Policy Council to address HiAP strategy objectives. This is an important addition to libraries supporting programs in public health, public history, social work, and political science. -- Choice Cities for Life amplifies community voices, capacities, and rich local ingenuity that need to be harnessed and incorporated into policy and practice. Following the increasing urbanization of poverty and associated health losses, this book is a must read for researchers, students, policy makers and practitioners. --Blessing Uchenna Mberu, Head of Urbanization and Wellbeing Unit, African Population and Health Research Center Corburn's messaging that 'human health happens in neighborhoods and communities not just in the doctor's office' is a crucial reckoning for the health equity movement. His focus on storytelling and historical place-making creates a compelling context for contemporary on-the-ground action. Cities for Life should be required reading for policymakers and activists in urban planning, public health, and environmental justice. --Peggy M. Shepard, co-founder and executive director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Corburn's messaging that 'human health happens in neighborhoods and communities not just in the doctor's office' is a crucial reckoning for the health equity movement. His focus on storytelling and historical place-making creates a compelling context for contemporary on-the-ground action. Cities for Life should be required reading for policymakers and activists in urban planning, public health, and environmental justice. --Peggy M. Shepard, co-founder and executive director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

"""Corburn's holistic approach, supported by case studies of three very different cities in California, Colombia, and Kenya, provides background on how substantive and lasting changes can be engendered through a grassroots, citizen-centered project. Corburn's detailed descriptions of programs--for example, the Circumvent Garden Project in Medellín--offer a model for developing new projects. Undergraduates may embrace ""health equity into all policies (HiAP)"" yet find that working to embed HiAP in their projects is difficult. Corburn's case study on Richmond, CA, documents the creation of a Food Policy Council to address HiAP strategy objectives. This is an important addition to libraries supporting programs in public health, public history, social work, and political science.""-- ""Choice"" ""Cities for Life is recommended reading for all who are trying to gain better insight into urban studies, urban governance and urban living, like academicians, practitioners, social scientists and researchers, and especially those with an interest in the relationship between urban governance and mental health or community recovery and realities of Inclusive Planning through a participatory approach."" -- ""Cities and Health"" ""Cities for Life amplifies community voices, capacities, and rich local ingenuity that need to be harnessed and incorporated into policy and practice. Following the increasing urbanization of poverty and associated health losses, this book is a must read for researchers, students, policy makers and practitioners.""--Blessing Uchenna Mberu, Head of Urbanization and Wellbeing Unit, African Population and Health Research Center ""Corburn's messaging that 'human health happens in neighborhoods and communities not just in the doctor's office' is a crucial reckoning for the health equity movement. His focus on storytelling and historical place-making creates a compelling context for contemporary on-the-ground action. Cities for Life should be required reading for policymakers and activists in urban planning, public health, and environmental justice.""--Peggy M. Shepard, co-founder and executive director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice"

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Jason Corburn is a professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. He directs the Institute of Urban & Regional Development and co-directs the joint Master of City Planning and Master of Public Health degree program. His books include Street Science, Toward the Healthy City, and Healthy City Planning.

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