Unhealthy places : the ecology of risk in the urban landscape /
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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.