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978-0-387-25822-5

Handbook of Urban Health

Publication year: 2005

ISBN: 978-0-387-25822-5

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As more people worldwide live in cities, increasingly we need to understand how cities and city living affect population health. Does city living negatively affect health? Conversely, can city living enhance population health and well-being? Over forty experts from around the world bring a depth of ideas to the Handbook of Urban Health, making the Handbook a focused resource for a range of health disciplines. A unique professional idea book, research resource, and teaching text, the Handbook of Urban Health challenges readers to consider the role that cities plays in shaping population health and to generate solutions that can make cities healthier places for all those who live there.


Subject: Medicine, World Health Organization, cities, developing countries, drug abuse, epidemiology, homelessness, immigrant health, minority health, prevention, social determinants of health, urban planning