Unhealthy places : the ecology of risk in the urban landscape /

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Unhealthy Places focuses on issues of health in today's cities. By arguing that "place matters" in relation to the population's health, Kevin Fitzpatrick and Mark LaGory make a convincing argument about the general unhealthiness of urban environments and, thus, of the urban dwell...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fitzpatrick, Kevin M.
Otros Autores: La Gory, Mark, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2000.
Temas:
Inner cities > Health aspects > United States.
Urban poor > Health and hygiene > United States.
Urban health.
Environmental health.
Social medicine.
Urban Health
Environmental Health
Poverty
Sociology, Medical
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Santé et hygiène > États-Unis.
Santé urbaine.
Hygiène du milieu.
Sociologie médicale.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Urban poor > Health and hygiene.
United States
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The importance of place
  • Humans as spatial animals
  • The ecology of everyday urban life
  • The sociology of health
  • Cities as mosaics of risk and protection
  • Special populations in the city : needs and risks of the socially disadvantaged
  • Special populations in the city : needs and risks of the young and old
  • The ecology of health promotion and service delivery.

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