Architectural factors for infection and disease control /

Architectural factors for infection and disease control / edited by AnnaMarie Bliss, Dak Kopec. - First edition. - 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Infection and Disease Transmission: Pandemics, Epidemics, And Outbreaks -- 2. Isolation, Quarantine, Infection Control: Architecture and Planning In Service To Public Health -- 3. The Social Construction of Airborne Infections -- 4. Distancing and Colonial Design: Segregated Asylums to Control Leprosy in Suriname -- 5. Pine Forest and Sunlight: Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanitorium -- 6. Legionnaires’ Disease and Water Systems: History and Prevention -- 7. Infection Control Through Environmental Design -- 8. Infection Risk Mitigation Using Pedestrian Dynamics -- 9. Green Infrastructure for Mosquito Control -- 10. Emergency Department Design in Response to Pandemics: A Systematic Literature Review -- 11. Environmental Role of Open Space in Infection and Disease Control -- 12. Viral and Bacterial Infection Prevention through Intentional Design -- 13. Disease Control within High-Traffic Areas: A Series of Mini Case Studies -- 14. Retail Design in a Post Pandemic World -- 15. Future Teaching of Design Courses Post Pandemic -- 16. Architecture Without Prelates, Magistrates, And Admirals: The R3build Pavilion -- 17. Open Learning Spaces: Redefining School Design in A Post-Pandemic World -- 18. Toward Culturally Enriched Communities - Covid-19 Implications -- 19. Mobile Testing Facilities Inspired by Origami Science.

This edited collection explores disease transmission and the ways that the designed environment has promoted or limited its spread. It discusses the many design factors that can be used for infection and disease control through lenses of history, public health, building technology, design, and education."--Publisher's description.

9781032102672


Architecture--Health aspects.
Communicable diseases--Prevention.
Hospitals--Design and construction.
Public health--Architecture aspects.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020--Health and hygiene.

725.51 / A.R.C