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Hidden cities : unmasking and overcoming health inequities in urban settings.

Hidden cities highlights the challenges and opportunities urbanization brings and its effect on the well-being of all urbanites. While it is generally understood that city dwellers on average, enjoy better health than their rural counterparts, very little is nown about health differences that exist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: World Health Organization. Centre for Health Development, United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kobe, Japan : UN-HABITAT, Word Health Organization, Centre for Health Development ; ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part One. The Dawn of an Urban World
  • Chapter 1. The Rise of modern cities
  • Chapter 2. Health in an urban context
  • Part Two. Unmasking Hidden Cities
  • Chapter 3. Urban health inequity and why it matters
  • Chapter 4. Urban health inequities revealed
  • Chapter 5. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
  • Part Three. Overcoming Urban Health Inequities
  • Chapter 6. Urban governance for reducing health inequities
  • Chapter 7. Building an evidence base for action
  • Chapter 8. Taking action
  • Conclusion: The price and the promise of our urban world
  • Annex A. Additional resources and tools
  • Annex B. Methodological approach for assessing urban health inequities
  • Annex C. Examples of interventions.