Megacities and global health
By: editors, Omar Khan and Gregory Pappas
Contributors: American Public Health Association
Publisher: American Public Health Association
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780875530031
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Conceptual framework : megacities and public health / Greg Pappas; title: The urban ecology of megacities / David Vlahov; title: Housing, crowding, migration : case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh / Omar Rahman; title: Emerging infectious disease threats in megacities : case study of Brazil / Mary Wilson; title: Developing health indicators for megacities : case study of the European Urban Health Indicator System (EURO-URHIS) / Arpana Verma; title: Environmental and occupational hazards : case study of Karachi, Pakistan / Greg Pappas & Zafar Fatmi; title: Forced displacement of African-Americans in New York City and the international diffusion of MDR-HIV / Rodrick Wallace; title: Megacities and disaster preparedness / Irshad Shaikh & Greg Pappas; title: Tackling health issues in a megacity : case study from London / Neil Blackshaw; title: Emergency response : case study of NYC / Linda Landesman; title: Suburbs of megacities : case study of Los Angeles / Dennis Andrulis, Najia Siddiqui; title: Public health impacts of megacities and primary care responses / Omar Khan, Tom Peterson.