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Urban health : a global perspective /

Urban Health: A Global Perspective, Fifteenth Edition outlines the problems, issues, and solutions to health in urban areas on a global scale.The book focuses on several issues which impact the health of cities, such as the environment, pollution, climate change, ecology, social equity, health inequ...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Sivaramakrishnan, Lakshmi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2024.
Series:Developments in Environmental Science ; volume 15
Subjects:
Urban health.
Urban Health
Santé urbaine.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Urban Health: A Global Perspective
  • Developments in Environmental Science
  • Urban Health: A Global Perspective
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1
  • Introduction
  • 1
  • Urban health in the 21st century: Challenges and opportunities
  • 1. Introduction: urban health and good health
  • 2. Importance of urban health
  • 2.1 Urban health and urban planning and management
  • 2.1.1 Population concentration and high density
  • 2.1.2 Health determinants
  • 2.1.3 Impact on public health
  • 2.1.4 Emergency response
  • 2.1.5 Urban healthcare system
  • 2.1.6 Healthy lifestyles
  • 2.1.7 Innovation and research
  • 2.2 Need for a comprehensive approach to urban health
  • 3. Necessity of urban healthcare systems
  • 4. Major components of the urban health care system
  • 4.1 Primary health care
  • 4.2 Occupational health care
  • 4.3 Mental health care
  • 4.4 Healthcare programs
  • 5. Changing disease pattern and treatment in urban areas
  • 6. Changing urban healthcare system from towns to smart cities
  • 7. In summary
  • References
  • 2
  • Urban health and its drivers
  • 2
  • Pervasiveness of stunting among children under-5 years of age in urban India with special reference to West Ben ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Materials and methods
  • 2.1 Data sources
  • 2.2 Variables
  • 2.3 Analytical measures
  • 3. Results
  • 3.1 Changes in the proportion of 'stunted children' across major states, India (2005-06 to 2019-21)
  • 3.2 Changes in the proportion of stunted children across major states in urban India (2005-06 to 2019-21)
  • 3.3 Comparison of proportion of stunted children across major states of 'India' versus 'urban India' (2005-06 to 2019-21)
  • 3.4 Changing patterns of stunted children in West Bengal
  • 3.5 Changing patterns of stunted children in urban West Bengal
  • 3.6 Demographic and socioeconomic differentials of stunted children in urban West Bengal
  • 4. Discussion
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 3
  • Perspective on healthcare and healthcare facilities among in the educational sector
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Rationale of the study
  • 1.2 Review of literature
  • 2. Materials and methods
  • 3. Results and discussion
  • 3.1 Major findings of the study
  • 3.2 Limitations of the study
  • 3.3 Recommendation
  • 4. Conclusion