Planning for Healthy Communities: Equitable App. Kim, Kim,**

Planning for Healthy CommunitiesEquitable Approaches\nAuthor(s): Joongsub Kim\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032680279, 978-1032680279\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates multi-disciplinary approaches to addressing the health of disadvantaged communities through equitable community development systems (CDSs).\n\nThe core concepts underlying the book are three dimensions of support infrastructure (people: human-centering; place: place-cultivating; and ecosystem: sustainable capitalization), leveraging several theories (community capital, social justice) from community development. This book is based on the results of a recent grassroots, citywide engagement-driven initiative in Detroit, and on best-practice case studies in Chicago, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Richmond, and Portland. The initiatives significant outcomes include a consensusbolstered by those case studieson seven compo.