Urban Health : A Global Perspective (Developments in Environmental Science)

Sivaramakrishnan, Lakshmi (EDT)/ Dahiya, Bharat (EDT)/ Sharma, Madhuri (EDT)

Elsevier - Health Sciences Division（2024/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 716 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780443219481
• DDC分類 362.1042

Full Description

Urban Health: A Global Perspective, Fifteenth Edition outlines the problems, issues, and solutions to health in urban areas on a global scale. The book focuses on several issues which impact the health of cities, such as the environment, pollution, climate change, ecology, social equity, health inequalities, and health problems. In addition, it covers several empirical studies which explain economic, political, and the social issues influencing health in urban areas. Pandemics and sustainable development will also be discussed.

Contents

1. Importance of Urban Health in Today's world

Section 1: Urban Health and its Drivers
2. Urban Form and Mobility in Cities and Its Impact on Health: Case Study
3. Housing, Food and Nutrition and effect on health
4. Social and Spatial Segregation and Health Impact
5. Public and Private Health Care System and Healthy cities

Section 2: Health Inequalities in Urban Areas
6. Forces Behind Health Inequalities in Cities
7. Health differentials between religious groups
8. Inequalities in access to basic infrastructure and effect on Health
9. Economic inequalities and Health

Section 3: Climate Change and Urban Health
10. Extreme weather events and resultant health problems
11. Rising temperatures and impact on health and Nutrition
12. Air quality and related health effects: Case Study
13. Weather extremes and Vector borne diseases

Section 4: Covid 19, Future Diseases and Urban Health
14. Inequality in Public Health facilities in Urban areas
15. Impact of COVID 19 on Mental Health of Elderly and Youth
16. Measures to tackle future Heath emergencies in urban areas

Section 5: Health and Sustainable Urban Development
17. Measures to reduce Malnutrition in Cities and Build healthy cities
18. Measures to reduce spread of Communicable diseases in Cities
19. Universal Health coverage in Cities: Case studies
20. Role of Governance in building Healthy Cities
21. Role of Urban green and waterbodies in improving health of cities
22. Incorporation of Health at the heart of Sustainable Development and Future Smart Cities