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"Winner of the James Short Senior Scholar Award, Communities and Place Division of the American Society of Criminology"
"A great, bracing read for us cultural theorists: the authors really interrogate what evidence means in a complex ecosystem such as a city, as well as what you do with it. The case studies in the rest of the book show off examples of evidence-led interventions, all with apparently proven social benefits: they include large-scale tree planting for health in Philadelphia, light rail ridership fighting obesity in Charlotte and the use of signs in LA parks to make people exercise. The message is a simple one: with the right evidence base, you can make meaningful changes. Like London’s cholera in 1854, you can cure a city of its social ills."---Richard J. Williams, Times Higher Education

Changing Places

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 22/10/2019
      ISBN13: 9780691195216, 978-0691195216
      ISBN10: 0691195218
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      City and town planning: architectural aspects Crime and criminology

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Winner of the James Short Senior Scholar Award, Communities and Place Division of the American Society of Criminology"
      "A great, bracing read for us cultural theorists: the authors really interrogate what evidence means in a complex ecosystem such as a city, as well as what you do with it. The case studies in the rest of the book show off examples of evidence-led interventions, all with apparently proven social benefits: they include large-scale tree planting for health in Philadelphia, light rail ridership fighting obesity in Charlotte and the use of signs in LA parks to make people exercise. The message is a simple one: with the right evidence base, you can make meaningful changes. Like London’s cholera in 1854, you can cure a city of its social ills."---Richard J. Williams, Times Higher Education

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