Community Wayfinding: Pathways to Understanding
This book examines wayfinding from a broad public health perspective and articulates what needs to be done to create better wayfinding for all people regardless of age, ability, or mode of transportation. Addressing both science and the human experience,
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ity Wayfinding: Pathways to Understanding
Community Wayfinding: Pathways to Understanding
Rebecca H. Hunter • Lynda A. Anderson Basia L. Belza Editors
Community Wayfinding: Pathways to Understanding
Editors Rebecca H. Hunter Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA Lynda A. Anderson Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia, USA Basia L. Belza Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-31070-1 ISBN 978-3-319-31072-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31072-5
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We dedicate this book to the members and partners of CDC’s Healthy Aging Research Network. We are most grateful for your collaborative spirit, generosity, and scholarship.
Preface
Wayfinding is the process of finding our way from place to place. It is an essential part of everyday life, dependent not only on our personal resources but also the legibility of community environments and availability of aids to support wayfinding. Community Wayfinding: Pathways to Understanding examines the process and consequences of human wayfinding from the perspectives of diverse fields, describing what is known about wayfinding and articulating what needs to be done to create better wayfinding for all people, regardless of age, ability, or mode of transportation. Our goal is twofold: to promote a more unified approach to the study of wayfinding and to stimulate the application of that knowledge to the increasingly complex community environments where poor wayfin
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