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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
1. Introduction
Author : Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
Published in: Wellness City
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
This chapter introduces the idea of a wellness city and outlines the structure of the book. Discussion revolves around wellness-oriented urban economic development anchored in the holistic idea of wellness, which reflects people striving for bodily, mental, and spiritual health. The rapid rise of both wellness-promoting lifestyles and wellness industries as significant economic factors are irrefutable signs of the increased importance of wellness in urban economies. For this reason, local governments have gradually started to place wellness on their economic development agendas. Indeed, a wellness city has become a new strategic option for urban economic development on a par with such concepts as a high-tech city or a creative city.