Features current design and application of garden spaces for the promotion of human health and well-being. The top names in horticultural therapy, landscape architecture, and landscape design address universal design of outdoor spaces and their therapeutic applications in this contributed volume. Interaction by Design speaks to readers in many disciplines, including AHTA, PPC, and ASLA members; academics and students in horticulture, horticulture therapy, environmental psychology, landscape architecture, social science, and urban planning; and professionals in landscape design, landscape...

The aging of the U.S. population and the rising average life span are transforming current perspectives on growing older, retirement, and senior living communities. To ensure that environments meet the changing needs of older adults, a reconception of housing, communities, and neighborhoods is required. Re-creating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging provides the foundation for confronting this pressing challenge. Drawing from the fields of gerontology, health sciences, community planning, landscape architecture, and environmental design, this groundbreaking resource provides an in-depth...