Megacities and global health [electronic resource] / editors, Omar Khan, Gregory Pappas ; [foreword by Ida Susser].

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Washington, D.C. : American Public Health Association, c2011.
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 321 p.) : ill., maps.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
  • Conceptual framework : megacities and public health / Greg Pappas
  • The urban ecology of megacities / David Vlahov
  • Housing, crowding, migration : case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh / Omar Rahman
  • Emerging infectious disease threats in megacities : case study of Brazil / Mary Wilson
  • Developing health indicators for megacities : case study of the European Urban Health Indicator System (EURO-URHIS) / Arpana Verma
  • Environmental and occupational hazards : case study of Karachi, Pakistan / Greg Pappas & Zafar Fatmi
  • Forced displacement of African-Americans in New York City and the international diffusion of MDR-HIV / Rodrick Wallace
  • Megacities and disaster preparedness / Irshad Shaikh & Greg Pappas
  • Tackling health issues in a megacity : case study from London / Neil Blackshaw
  • Emergency response : case study of NYC / Linda Landesman
  • Suburbs of megacities : case study of Los Angeles / Dennis Andrulis, Najia Siddiqui
  • Public health impacts of megacities and primary care responses / Omar Khan, Tom Peterson.
ISBN
  • 9780875532608 (e-book)
  • 0875532608 (e-book)
OCLC
754713876
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