Chapter 1 - Introducing Urban Health and Wellbeing
Introduction
Historical development
Concept
Approaches
Techniques
Relationship with other sciences and social science
National and international institutional mechanisms
Chapter 2 - Urban environment of Delhi and Mumbai
Literature Review
Urban Environmental Change
Urban Heat Island
Impact of Changing Urban Environment on Urban Health
Study area: Urban Environment of Delhi and Mumbai
Geographical Profile of Study Area: Delhi and Mumbai
Chapter 3 - Changing Urban Environment in Megacities: Delhi and Mumbai
Driving Forces of Urban Environmental Change
Land use/cover Change
Population Change
Vehicular Growth
Trend of air pollution
Chapter 4 - Urban micro climates: Delhi and Mumbai
Urban environment'
Urban heat island
UHI in India
Spatial Patterns and Trends of LST and UHI in Delhi
Spatial Patterns and Trends of LST, NDVI and NDBI in Delhi
Relationship between LULC, LST, NDVI and NDBI in Delhi
Spatial Patterns and Trends of LST and UHI in Mumbai
Spatial Patterns and Trends of LST, NDVI and NDBI in Mumbai
Relationship between LULC, LST, NDVI and NDBI in Mumbai
Chapter 5 - Urban Health Risk Analysis: Delhi and Mumbai
Introduction
Data Sources and Methodology
Results and Discussion
Impact of Air Pollution on Mortality in India
Temporal Analysis of Mortality from Circulatory and Respiratory system in Delhi
People's Perception on Urban Environment and Health of Delhi and Mumbai
Chapter 6 - Policy initiatives and other mechanisms
Introduction
Existing Plans and Policy for Health and Wellbeing in Changing Urban Environment
Lacuna in Existing Policies and Plans
Systems Approach and Sustainable Urban Environment
Strategic Planning for Delhi and Mumbai
About the Author: Dr. Aakriti Grover is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, India. She specializes in urban environment, urban health, and disaster management and is a World Social Science Fellow. She has published nine research papers in peer-reviewed journals and contributed three chapters to edited books, including a policy brief for the Global Sustainable Development Report by the United Nations.
Dr. R.B.Singh is first Indian and second Asian elected as the Secretary General and Treasurer of the International Geographical Union (2018-22). He has been a Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India, since 1996. He is also coordinator of Departmental Research Support for the University Grants Commission's Special Assistance Programme (UGC-SAP-DRS III), and specializes in land use, environmental studies, climate change, urban and regional development, disaster management, remote sensing, and geographic information systems. Dr. Singh is currently chair of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore (India), and a member of the International Council of Science (ICSU) and the prestigious scientific committee Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment: a Systems Analysis Approach. Since 2012, Dr. Singh has been the vice-president of the International Geographical Union (IGU), the world's leading geographical body, and was reelected for a second consecutive term (2016-2020).
