Urban Health: Global Perspectives

In clear and concise terms a distinguished list of contributors offer an introduction to the most critical issues in global and urban health. It reviews key themes with illustrative examples and cases, and contains the most current evidence. It links social determinants and urban life in developed and developing countries. It also contains assessment of primary determinants of well-being in cities: social and built environments, diet, and health care and social services. Also covered are topics on history of public health in cities, the impact of urban sprawl and urban renewal, and the common challenges.

Table of Contents:
The New York Academy of Medicine vii Foreword xi Michael R. Bloomberg Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv David Vlahov Introduction xvii Margaret Chan The Editors xxi The Contributors xxiii 1. Urban Health in a Global Perspective 1 David Vlahov and Jo Ivey Boufford 2. Globalization 13 Ted Schrecker and Ronald Labonte 3. The Demographics of Urbanization in Poor Countries 27 Mark R. Montgomery 4. Migration, Health Systems, and Urbanization 45 Ndioro Ndiaye, Manuel Carbhallo, and Rougui Ndiaye-Coic 5. Immigrant Health in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 59 Arnoud P. Verhoeff and Roel A. Coutinho 6. City Case Studies Global Climate Change and Cities 69 Tord Kjellstrom and Patricia Monge 7. Age-Friendly New York City 91 Ruth Finkelstein and Julie Netherland 8. Global Infectious Diseases and Urbanization 105 Thomas C. Quinn and John G. Bartlett 9. City Case Studies Confronting the New Epidemics in Our Cities 125 Stephen Leeder, Angela Beaton, Cathie Hull, Ruth Colagiuri, and Michael Ward 10. Chronic Disease Care in Nairobi s Urban Informal Settlements 139 Catherine Kyobutungi and Alex Ezeh 11. Crime, Violence, Public Health, and Urban Life 157 Richard H. Schneider 12. A Global Perspective on Disasters and Their Consequences in the Urban Environment 175 Maria Steenland, Godfrey Mbaruku, and Sandro Galea 13. City Case Studies Urban Terrorism 191 Robert J. Bunker and Pamela L. Bunker 14. The Culture of Peace Against Violence in Zagreb 207 Stipe Oreskovic 15. Urban Health Services and Health Systems Reform 221 Julio Frenk and Octavio Gomez-Dantes 16. City Case Studies Information Flow and Integrated E-Health Systems 237 Veronica Olazabal, Ticia Gerber, Beatriz de Faria Leao, Claudio Giulliano da Costa, Karl Brown, and Ariel Pablos-Mendez 17. Governance for Health in London: Utilizing the Health Impact Assessment 253 Sue Atkinson 18. Provision of Water and Sanitation Services 267 Jonathan Parkinson, Martin Mulenga, and Gordon McGranahan 19. Urban Transportation 283 Rae Zimmerman and Carlos E. Restrepo 20. Informal Settlements: In Search of a Home in the City 305 Vanessa Watson 21. Urban Air Quality 317 Jonathan M. Samet 22. Urban Planning and Aesthetics 339 Carola Hein, Kalala Ngalamulume, and Kevin J. Robinson 23. Healthy Urban Governance 355 Scott Burris and Danielle Ompad 24. Global Business at the Local Level 371 Nicholas Freudenberg 25. Citizen Action for Urban Poverty Reduction in Low- and Middle-Income Nations 389 David Satterthwaite 26. City Case Studies Healthy Cities: Lessons Learned 405 Agis Tsouros and Geoff Green 27. The Healthy City Program in Shanghai 421 Fu Hua 28. Urban Health and Governance Model in Belo Horizonte, Brazil 437 Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Ana Luiza Nabuco, Amelia Augusta de Lima Friche, and Fernando Augusto Proietti 29. Improving Population Health in a Rapidly Urbanizing World 453 Nicole Volavka-Close and Elliott D. Sclar 30. Future Directions 469 Jacob Kumaresan Notes 483 Index 487