ABSTRACT
Through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives, and with an emphasis on exploring patterns as well as distinct and unique conditions across the globe, this collection examines advanced and cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the health of urban populations. Despite the growing interest in global urban health, there are limited resources available that provide an extensive and advanced exploration into the health of urban populations in a transnational context.
This volume offers a high-quality and comprehensive examination of global urban health issues by leading urban health scholars from around the world. The book brings together a multi-disciplinary perspective on urban health, with chapter contributions emphasizing disciplines in the social sciences, construction sciences and medical sciences. The co-editors of the collection come from a number of different disciplinary backgrounds that have been at the forefront of urban health research, including public health, epidemiology, geography, city planning and urban design.
The book is intended to be a reference in global urban health for research libraries and faculty collections. It will also be appropriate as a text for university class adoption in upper-division under-graduate courses and above. The proposed volume is extensive and offers enough breadth and depth to enable it to be used for courses emphasizing a U.S., or wider Western perspective, as well as courses on urban health emphasizing a global context.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|114 pages
Urban Health
chapter 1|30 pages
Global Urban Health
part 2|99 pages
Healthcare Policy and Urban Health Services
chapter 9|15 pages
Access to Healthcare for the Urban Poor in Nairobi, Kenya
part 3|100 pages
Mental Health and Wellbeing
chapter 16|14 pages
Cities and Indigenous Communities
part 4|111 pages
Vulnerable Urban Populations
chapter 19|16 pages
Taking Action to Improve Indigenous Health in the Cities of Québec and elsewhere in Canada
chapter 22|17 pages
The Urban Hierarchy and Spatial Relationships between Poverty and Cancer
part 5|101 pages
Violence and Injuries
chapter 25|15 pages
Alcohol Availability and Crime in Post-Disaster Christchurch, New Zealand
chapter 28|19 pages
Neighbourhood Recovery and Community Wellbeing in Cities Following Natural Disasters
part 6|109 pages
Pollutants, Environmental Contamination and Urban Health
chapter 29|20 pages
Urban Slums, Drinking Water, and Health
chapter 30|31 pages
A Greening but Unequal City
chapter 31|30 pages
Fighting for Urban Environmental Health Justice in Southside (Los Sures) Williamsburg, Brooklyn
chapter 32|24 pages
Ambient Air Pollution and Health Effects in Shanghai
part 7|156 pages
Public Health and the Role of the Built Environment