Overview
- Responds to the need for cities to continuously identify new growth sectors and ideas
- Highlights the economic significance and composition of wellness as a global industry
- Presents primary examples of existing and planned wellness cities, which illustrate different approaches to wellness city development
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Addressing the continuous need for new growth sectors in post-industrial cities, this book considers the economic significance of wellness from a development policy perspective. The author goes beyond personal health discourse to conceptualise wellness as an emerging industry, presenting empirical cases of community, attraction, and export-orientated strategies around the world. Combining holistic health, urban governance and economic development, this book will provide valuable reading for those studying policy, tourism and the wellness sector as well as business entrepreneurs within this evolving industry.
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“Anttiroiko's Wellness City addresses a topic that has been growing in importance for a few decades, yet is still being poorly conceptualised in local economic development discourse. The book is timely and fills a significant knowledge gap by opening up a new horizon for local economic development based onwellness-oriented cluster policy. The book creates a major benchmark in the urban wellness discourse. It represents essential reading for both academics, practitioners, and students in multiple disciplines interested in urban wellness and its economic potential. It opens the door for more research to follow.” (Roger W. Caves, Professor Emeritus of City Planning, San Diego State University) “A view that economic development inherently improves the well-being of communities has been challenged in current economic discourse. To overcome the shortcomings of such a narrow economistic thinking, we need to approach local development in a holistic manner. Wellness City addresses this issue by providing a balanced perspective on how health and well-being relate to the promotion of both economic development and inclusive prosperity. In this respect, this book is a significant step forward in urban policy studies. At a time when policy-makers and scholars are puzzled by the challenges of urban development, Wellness City is a valuable source of guidance for envisioning a new urban agenda.” (Hiroyuki Mori, Professor of Economics, Ritsumeikan University, Japan) “Wellness is a major economic trend of our time. Quality of life and welfare are translating the outcomes of economic development to better material conditions and every-day living. However, there are hardly any coherent descriptions of the forms and scope of wellness in local economic development. Anttiroiko highlights key dimensions of wellness-oriented policy and reveals empirical cases that illustrate how local governments can profit from wellness strategies. Placed at the intersection of holistic health, economic life, and urban governance, this book should be read by students, experts and public managers looking to create new policies on local economic development and urban living.” (Nicos Komninos, Professor, URENIO Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland. His research focuses on local economic development and public sector innovations. His academic contributions include a large number of internationally distributed publications, including The Political Economy of City Branding and New Urban Management (Palgrave, 2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Wellness City
Book Subtitle: Health and Well-being in Urban Economic Development
Authors: Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75562-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75561-8Published: 01 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75562-5Published: 19 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 159
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations
Topics: Employee Health and Wellbeing, Project Management, Human Resource Development, Organization, Urban Economics