The Urban Transformation : Health, Shelter and Climate Change.

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For the first time in history, half of the world's population lives in urban areas and it is expected that, by 2050, that figure will rise to above two-thirds. A large proportion of this urban growth will be taking place in the cities of the developing world, where the provision of adequate hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sclar, Elliott D.
Otros Autores: Volavka-Close, Nicole, Brown, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Temas:
Urban poor.
Urban health.
Sustainable urban development.
Urbanization > Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Pauvres en milieu urbain.
Santé urbaine.
Urbanisme durable.
Urbanisation > Aspect de l'environnement.
Écologie urbaine.
urban environments.
City planning
Sustainable urban development
Urban health
Urban poor
Urbanization > Environmental aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Understanding the twenty-first century urban transformation: A Global South perspective; 2 Evolving urban health risks: Housing, water and sanitation, and climate change; 3 Urban health systems; 4 Healthy urban governance and population health: Participatory budgeting in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 5 Addressing health vulnerabilities of the urban poor in the 'new urban settings' of Asia; 6 The need for shelter finance improvements; 7 Innovations in shelter finance
  • 8 Investing in urban water and sanitation systems9 Perceiving the social and economic consequences of natural disaster shocks or getting ready for climate change; 10 The urbanization of climate change: Responding to a new global challenge; Index

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