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Megacities and Global Health.
Title:
Megacities and Global Health.
Author:
Khan, Omar.
ISBN:
9780875532608
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (340 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptual Framework: Megacities and Public Health -- 2. Urban Health in the Context of Twenty-First-Century Megatrends -- 3. Slums, Pollution, and Ill Health: The Case of Dhaka, Bangladesh -- 4. Megacities and Emerging Infections: Case Study of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- 5. Megacity Metrics: Current Systems and Developing a Conceptual Framework -- 6. Environmental Health and Megacities -- 7. Forced Displacement of African Americans in New York City and the International Diffusion of Multiple-Drug-Resistant HIV -- 8. Megacities and Disaster Preparedness -- 9. Emergency Management in a Megacity: The 2003 Niagara Mohawk Blackout and the Impact on New York City -- 10. Spatial Planning, Noncommunicable Disease, and Health at the Strategic Level in London -- 11. Suburban Poverty, Diversity, and Health in Megacities: The Case of Los Angeles -- 12. Primary Care in Megacities of the Developing World -- 13. Urban Health Challenges of Megacities: The Case of Mexico City -- About the Authors -- Index.
Abstract:
Megacities & Global Health brings together important research on infectious diseases, environmental and occupational hazards, disaster preparedness, crowding, urban ecology, and much more. The leading experts in global medicine, public health and urban health provide analysis, commentary and case studies of emerging and established megacities. This book is especially relevant for researchers, program managers, global health professionals, and course directors, by providing up to date overview of this emerging field.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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