Abstract
This chapter by Simon Bell, Himansu S. Mishra, Anna Wilczynska and Jekaterina Balicka starts with an overview of seafronts, beaches, lakesides and promenades and a short history of how they have been developed and used for bathing and recreation, highlighting some famous historical and contemporary examples. The main risks and benefits for health and well-being associated with beaches are described. Some principles being adopted for their re-development, management and maintenance are summarised. Then a selection of innovative projects is introduced and each is evaluated and compared with the others against the set of criteria defined in Chapter 10.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Urban Blue Spaces |
| Subtitle of host publication | Planning and Design for Water, Health and Well-Being |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 288-335 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429508486 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Field of Science*
- 5.4 Sociology
- 1.5 Earth and related Environmental sciences
- 6.4 Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
Publication Type*
- 3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database