6 de November, 2011

Health in Megacities and Urban Areas

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Health in Megacities and Urban Areas

Autores: Alexander Kramer, Md. Mobarak Hossain Khan, Frauke Kraas. Editores

Idioma: Inglés

ISBN: 978-3-7908-2733-0, e-ISBN: 978-3-7908-2733-0

Año: 2011

Dónde Conseguirlo: en Amazon y en el siguiente link de SpringerLink pueden encontrar parte de su contenido.

Sobre el libro

En la actualidad, muchas megaciudades y zonas urbanas de los países en desarrollo, junto a las economías emergentes, están generando un detrimento en la calidad de vida. La mayoría de las grandes ciudades han crecido a un tamaño sin precedentes, mientras que el ritmo de la urbanización ya ha superado a las infraestructuras existentes y los servicios necesarios que aseguren una calidad de vida para los ciudadanos. En esta línea, el libro enfoca de manera multidisciplinar el complejo sistema de las megaciudades y la salud urbana, que sólo pueden ser comprendidos cuajando las diversas miradas profesionales. Se espera con el libro, profundizar la comprensión de la compleja dinámica de las poblaciones urbanas y megápolis a través del lente de la salud pública, las perspectivas de la investigación geográfica y otros.

Contenidos

Part I Challenges, Theories, Concepts

1 Public Health in Megacities and Urban Areas: A Conceptual Framework

2 The Burden of Disease Approach for Measuring Population Health

3 Megaurbanisation and Public Health Research: Theoretical Dimensions

4 Urban Health Research: Study Designs and Potential Challenges

Part II Cases Studies and Examples

5 Intervention Programme for Promoting Physical Activities in the Citizens of Sapporo City, Japan

6 Measuring the Local Burden of Diarrhoeal Disease Slum Dwellers in the Megacity Chennai, South India

7 Urban Health in North Rhine-Westphalia

Part III: Environmental Health Risks

8 Health Effects of Air Pollution and Air Temperature

9 Climate Change and Infectious Diseases in Megacities of the Indian Subcontinent: A Literature Review

10 Human Bioclimate and Thermal Stress in the Megacity of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Application and Evaluation of Thermophysiological Indices

Part IV Informality and Health

11 Marketization and Informalization of Health Care Services in Mega-Urban China

12 Migration and Health in Megacities: A Chinese Example from

Guangzhou, China

13 Informal Employment and Health Conditions in Dhaka’s Plastic Recycling and Processing Industry

14 Mega-Urbanization in Guangzhou: Effects on Water Quality and Risks to Human Health

Part V Spatial Dimensions and Health

15 A New Approach to Link Satellite Observations with Human Health by Aircraft Measurements

16 Spatial Epidemiological Applications in Public Health Research: Examples from the Megacity of Dhaka

17 Health Inequities in the City of Pune, India

Part VI Urban Livelihoods, Urban Food and Health

18 Urban Development and Public Health in Dhaka, Bangladesh

19 Urban Food Security and Health Status of the Poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Extracto

“In many megacities of the developing world and the emerging economies the quality of life is eroding. Most of the megacities have grown to unprecedented size, and the pace of urbanization has far exceed the growth of the necessary infrastructure and services. As a result, an increasing number of urban dwellers are left without access to basic amenities and face appalling living conditions. Already, existing symptoms of economic, ecological, infrastructural and socio-economic overload are increasing, producing emerging urban security risks at a local, regional and international level. With regard to the environment, water and health, problems of emission reduction, the provision of clean drinking water, and sewage and rubbish disposal are the most important issues.”