Urban Health

Urban Health: A Global Perspective, Fifteenth Edition outlines the problems, issues, and solutions to health in urban areas on a global scale. The book focuses on several issues which impact the health of cities, such as the environment, pollution, climate change, ecology, social equity, health inequalities, and health problems. In addition, it covers several empirical studies which explain economic, political, and the social issues influencing health in urban areas. Pandemics and sustainable development will also be discussed.

1. Importance of Urban Health in Today’s world Section 1: Urban Health and its Drivers 2. Urban Form and Mobility in Cities and Its Impact on Health: Case Study 3. Housing, Food and Nutrition and effect on health 4. Social and Spatial Segregation and Health Impact 5. Public and Private Health Care System and Healthy cities Section 2: Health Inequalities in Urban Areas 6. Forces Behind Health Inequalities in Cities 7. Health differentials between religious groups 8. Inequalities in access to basic infrastructure and effect on Health 9. Economic inequalities and Health Section 3: Climate Change and Urban Health 10. Extreme weather events and resultant health problems 11. Rising temperatures and impact on health and Nutrition 12. Air quality and related health effects: Case Study 13. Weather extremes and Vector borne diseases Section 4: Covid 19, Future Diseases and Urban Health 14. Inequality in Public Health facilities in Urban areas 15. Impact of COVID 19 on Mental Health of Elderly and Youth 16. Measures to tackle future Heath emergencies in urban areas Section 5: Health and Sustainable Urban Development 17. Measures to reduce Malnutrition in Cities and Build healthy cities 18. Measures to reduce spread of Communicable diseases in Cities 19. Universal Health coverage in Cities: Case studies 20. Role of Governance in building Healthy Cities 21. Role of Urban green and waterbodies in improving health of cities 22. Incorporation of Health at the heart of Sustainable Development and Future Smart Cities