Slum health : from the cell to the street /
Slum health : from the cell to the street /
edited by Jason Corburn and Lee Riley.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Slum health: framing research, practice & policy -- From the cell to the street: slum health in Brazil -- Urban upgrading and health in Nairobi, Kenya -- Indian cities and slum health planning -- Gaps and future considerations.
"Urban slum dwellers--especially in emerging-economy cities--are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and poor life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health highlights why and how slums can be unhealthy, reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents, and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that both new biologic and "street" science--or valuing professional and lay knowledge--are crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums."--Provided by publisher.
In English.
9780520962798 (electronic bk.) 0520962796 (electronic bk.) (hardcover alkaline paper)
22573/ctt1c3919v JSTOR
2015042864
Slums--Health aspects.
Urban health--Brazil.
Urban health--India.
Urban health--Kenya--Nairobi.
Cities and towns--Health aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Santé urbaine--Brésil.
Santé urbaine--Inde.
Santé urbaine--Kenya--Nairobi.
Écologie urbaine.
urban environments.
MEDICAL--Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL--Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
MEDICAL--General.
Cities and towns--Health aspects.
Slums--Health aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban health.
Brazil.
India.
Kenya--Nairobi.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV4028 / .S575 2016
614.09173/2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Slum health: framing research, practice & policy -- From the cell to the street: slum health in Brazil -- Urban upgrading and health in Nairobi, Kenya -- Indian cities and slum health planning -- Gaps and future considerations.
"Urban slum dwellers--especially in emerging-economy cities--are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and poor life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health highlights why and how slums can be unhealthy, reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents, and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that both new biologic and "street" science--or valuing professional and lay knowledge--are crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums."--Provided by publisher.
In English.
9780520962798 (electronic bk.) 0520962796 (electronic bk.) (hardcover alkaline paper)
22573/ctt1c3919v JSTOR
2015042864
Slums--Health aspects.
Urban health--Brazil.
Urban health--India.
Urban health--Kenya--Nairobi.
Cities and towns--Health aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Santé urbaine--Brésil.
Santé urbaine--Inde.
Santé urbaine--Kenya--Nairobi.
Écologie urbaine.
urban environments.
MEDICAL--Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL--Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
MEDICAL--General.
Cities and towns--Health aspects.
Slums--Health aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban health.
Brazil.
India.
Kenya--Nairobi.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV4028 / .S575 2016
614.09173/2