Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Revival of communities: Robert Putnam

[Hans Tilstra (tilstra]

If, like me, you are interested in the link between health & community (eg.
"As a risk factor for death, social isolation is as big a risk factor for
death as smoking.").

Prof Putnam said there were a number of things governments could do,
including looking at town planning. "Suburbanisation is very bad for
connectiveness for example because it increases social isolation," he said.

Here are two weblinks:
http://www.vgovt.com.au/Article/Display/1,4242,745,00.html
http://www.bowlingalone.com/

:-) Hans Tilstra
tilstra [at] smartchat.net.au

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