{"product_id":"changing-places-9780691234434","title":"Changing Places","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the James Short Senior Scholar Award, Communities and Place Division of the American Society of Criminology\"\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e---Richard J. Williams, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526168125783,"sku":"9780691234434","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691234434.jpg?v=1731863209","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/changing-places-9780691234434","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}