Covid – an Alternative Inquiry: Putting Health at the Heart of a Green Recovery Strategy

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David Williams

Covid – an Alternative Inquiry

Putting Health at the Heart of a Green Recovery Strategy

David Williams

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Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
13 November 2023

Politics & government; Economics & Business; Public health & safety law

«This is a very good argument, with impressive detail, clear structure, and vehement commitment.»

(M. McEldowney, Emeritus Professor of Planning)

This book provides a post-Covid recovery strategy for the UK that is based on all aspects of health, but also addresses the ever-greater threat from global warming. Health and sustainability are interlocked.

More than other European nations, we favour libertarian values over social equity, privatized public services and lower taxes that reduce those services. From fair-minded pragmatism, we have descended into dogma, incompetence and intolerance.

Using the government's 5 guiding principles for a sustainable future, the book suggests how to improve distinct aspects of health:

personal health through more preventive medicine;

environmental health with lower transport and household emissions;

economic health through local (rather than global) production of goods and services;

social health by reducing gross health and wealth inequalities; and

political health through strategic commitment, fair taxes (a bedroom tax just on the poor?) and real devolution to local councils.

We need to think local, act local and act now.

By: David Williams
Imprint: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 307g
ISBN: 9781803742847
ISBN 10: 1803742844
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 13 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Williams (B Sc(Hons), MCD) has spent many happy years in planning, economic development and regeneration. After Liverpool and Bexley councils, and the Civic Trust Regeneration Unit, he set up Tellus 42 in 1997. This community planning consultancy was the RTPI’s Sole Practitioner of the Year in 2004. He is also the author of Civilizing Cities (2021).