Sustainability and Evidence-Based Design in the Healthcare Estate
This work aims to deepen our understanding of the role played by technical guidelines and tools for the design, construction and operation of healthcare facilities, ultimately establishing the impact of the physical environment on staff and patient outcom
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Michael Phiri Bing Chen
Sustainability and EvidenceBased Design in the Healthcare Estate
SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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Michael Phiri Bing Chen •
Sustainability and Evidence-Based Design in the Healthcare Estate
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Bing Chen Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou People’s Republic of China
Michael Phiri University of Sheffield Sheffield UK
ISSN 2191-530X ISBN 978-3-642-39202-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-39203-0
ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-39203-0 (eBook)
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Foreword
Michael Phiri and Bing Chen have offered us an important and timely treatise on the potential for strategic synergy between an evidence-based design process and the growing importance of design for sustainability as found in the healthcare domain. Our paths first crossed a few years ago when I was making a presentation promoting evidence-based design to an NHS audience in Harrogate. I am pleased to have an opportunity to introduce you to their latest work. Phiri and Chen have thoughtfully investigated the nature of the interrelationship betwe
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