Healing in places of decline: (Re)imagining everyday landscapes in Hamilton, Ontario

Health and Place

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-312

  Wakefield, Sarah ^a   McMullan, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Ctrl W Hlth Plan Info Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental stigma; Neighbourhood inequality; Place image; Risk perception; Therapeutic landscapes

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; IMAGERY; SENSE OF PLACE;

CANADA; DETERIORATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALING; HEALTH STATUS; LANDSCAPE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944376464     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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