Slum health : from the cell to the street / edited by Jason Corburn and Lee Riley.

Date:
[2016]
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Description

"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.

Publication/Creation

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

Physical description

xx, 315 pages : black and white illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part one. Slum health: framing research, practice and policy -- Part two. From the cell to the street: slum health in Brazil -- Part three. Urban upgrading and health in Nairobi, Kenya -- Part four. Understanding slum health in urban India -- Part five. Knowledge gaps and future considerations.

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    Medical Collection
    WA380 2016S63
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ISBN

  • 9780520281066