Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume examines the ways in which the built environment can affect and enhance the wellbeing of society. * Explores the effects of environment on wellbeing and provides insight and guidance for designing, creating, or providing environments that improve wellbeing * Looks at the social and health issues surrounding sustainable energy and sustainable communities, and how those connect to concepts of wellbeing * Brings the evidence base for environmental wellbeing into one volume from across disciplines including urban planning, psychology, sociology, healthcare, architecture, and more * Part of the six-volume set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research on wellbeing from across the social sciences