223 Citations
Shaping cities for health: complexity and the planning of urban environments in the 21st century
- HistoryThe Lancet
- 2012
Trends in urbanization in India
- History, Economics
ONE of the dominant concerns of the present age is the improving the living conditions of the rapidly increasing population living in cities. For the first time in human history beginning 2007, more…
Urbanization and tropical health — then and now
- MedicineAnnals of tropical medicine and parasitology
- 2006
A summary of the trends seen in urbanization, and its impacts on human health, over the past century, on both a global and regional scale is provided.
Children's health in slum settings
- MedicineArchives of Disease in Childhood
- 2013
Limited but consistent evidence suggests higher infant and under-five years mortality for children residing in slums compared with non-slum areas, and the consequences of this form of early childhood on long-term health-related behaviour and non-communicable disease outcomes, such as obesity, heart disease and mental illness.
Responding to the Health Vulnerabilities of the Urban Poor in the “ New Urban Settings ” of Asia
- Political Science
- 2007
Rapid and unplanned urbanization in Asia has profound implications for population health. With globalization, failure of governance has resulted in inequities that translate into health impacts that…
Urban sanitation and health in the developing world: reminiscing the nineteenth century industrial nations.
- EconomicsHealth & place
- 2009
URBANISATION, URBAN POVERTY AND HEALTH STATUS OF THE URBAN POOR: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
- History
- 2017
By 2040-50, urban India will constitute a 50 per cent share in the total population of the country. Though as per 2011 Census the share of the country‟s urban population to its total is still at 31…
Mapping the Slums of Dhaka from 2006 to 2010
- Medicine
- 2014
The dataset presented here can be considered a stepping stone for further research on slums and urban expansion in Dhaka and useful to be pooled with other data to reveal trends of informal settlement growth for local health policy advice in Dh Bangladesh.
Urban Renewal and Sustainable Development in Jamaica: Progress, Challenges and New Directions
- HistoryAn Overview of Urban and Regional Planning
- 2018
The chapter discusses the history and context of urban renewal in Jamaica and shares the country’s integrated model for urban renewal, as well as the lessons learned from over two decades of…
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World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision
- Economics
- 2019
Since 1988 the Population Division of the United Nations has been issuing every two years revised and updated estimates and projections of the urban and rural populations of all countries in the…
Sorting out the connections between the built environment and health: A conceptual framework for navigating pathways and planning healthy cities
- MedicineJournal of Urban Health
- 2006
To plan for healthy cities, it is argued that to reinvigorate the historic link between urban planning and public health, and thereby conduct informed science to better guide effective public policy.
A critical analysis of the Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS: lessons learned for controlling and mitigating the epidemic in developing countries.
- Political ScienceAmerican journal of public health
- 2005
The Brazilian National AIDS Program is widely recognized as the leading example of an integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment program in a developing country. We critically analyze the…
The problem of children's injuries in low-income countries: a review.
- MedicineHealth policy and planning
- 2002
There is an urgent need for more research that can contribute to effective analyses of the situation, and especially for locally-based research and record keeping, which is most likely to contribute to awareness and to practical and well-targeted prevention measures.
Urban violence: a guide to the literature
- Psychology
- 2004
This review of literature on urban violence does not attempt to be comprehensive. Rather, its objective is to outline some of the key ideas regarding the manifestations of urban violence that have…
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
- Art
- 2004
An international bestseller upon publication, MAXIMUM CITY was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and remains a classic study of the metropolis of Bombay. 'If there's been a more striking snapshot of…