TY - JOUR
T1 - The dynamics of healthscaping
T2 - mapping communal hygiene in Bologna, 1287-1383
AU - Zaneri, Taylor
AU - Geltner, G.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - This article traces how urban communities operating with a humoral or Galenic medical paradigm understood and confronted the health challenges facing them, using the extraordinarily well-documented case of Bologna, Italy. Working within a GIS environment, the authors spatially analyse over 3,500 events recorded by the Ufficio del fango concerning violations of the city's health-related ordinances, augmented by other demographic and material data. As such, the study not only adds specificity to recent attempts to enrich the field of pre-modern public health, but also demonstrates that the Bolognese administration had a sophisticated and evolving understanding of communal health risks, and exposes several discrepancies between policy and practice.
AB - This article traces how urban communities operating with a humoral or Galenic medical paradigm understood and confronted the health challenges facing them, using the extraordinarily well-documented case of Bologna, Italy. Working within a GIS environment, the authors spatially analyse over 3,500 events recorded by the Ufficio del fango concerning violations of the city's health-related ordinances, augmented by other demographic and material data. As such, the study not only adds specificity to recent attempts to enrich the field of pre-modern public health, but also demonstrates that the Bolognese administration had a sophisticated and evolving understanding of communal health risks, and exposes several discrepancies between policy and practice.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095980636&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0963926820000541
DO - 10.1017/S0963926820000541
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85095980636
SN - 0963-9268
VL - 49
SP - 2
EP - 27
JO - Urban History
JF - Urban History
IS - 1
ER -