Sprawling Cities and Our Endangered Public Health.

Sprawl is an unsustainable pattern of growth that threatens to undermine the health of communities globally. It has been a dominant mid-to-late twentieth century growth pattern in developed countries and in the twenty-first century has shown widespread signs of proliferation in India, China, and oth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Verderber, Stephen F. F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Temas:
Architecture > Health aspects.
Cities and towns > Health aspects > Growth.
Public health.
Health.
Social change.
Social planning.
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Medical care.
Urban health.
Urbanization.
City planning.
Health
Social Change
Social Planning
Sociology
Population Characteristics
Social Sciences
Delivery of Health Care
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena.
Urban Health
Urbanization
City Planning
Public Health
Patient Care
Santé publique.
Santé.
Changement social.
Planification sociale.
Sociologie.
Sciences sociales.
Prestation de soins.
Santé urbaine.
Urbanisation.
Urbanisme.
Soins médicaux.
public health.
health.
sociology.
social sciences.
urbanization.
urban planning.
Urban health
Social sciences
Social planning
Social change
Medical care
City planning
Architecture > Health aspects
Public health
Public Health.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Environmental Health.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FrontCover; SPRAWLING CITIES AND OURENDANGERED PUBLIC HEALTH; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1INTRODUCTION: AN EPIDEMICON OUR DOORSTEP; 2SPRAWL, ARCHITECTURE, AND HEALTH:A BRIEF HISTORY; 3GLOBAL SPRAWL MACHINES; 4TRANSFUSION: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; 5CASE STUDY: NEW ORLEANS; 6THE FUTURE; APPENDIX: MALL TYPOLOGIES; INDEX.

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