Urban planning and public health in Africa
Subtitle: historical, theorectical and practical dimensions of a continent's water and sanitation problematic
By: by Ambe J. Njoh
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781409443186; 9781409443193
Subjects: City planning; Urban health; Public health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of public health and the built environment; title: The state, ideology, health and built space in Africa; title: Town planning, public health and the colonial project; title: Racism versus health concerns as the rationale for racial segregation; title: Public health implications of modernist planning; title: Hygiene and sanitation conditions in west and central africa; title: Hygiene and sanitation in the Eastern and Southern Africa region; title: Hygiene and sanitation in Northern Africa; title: Solid waste disposal and sanitation technologies, and determinants; title: Of access to improved sanitation; title: Sustainable hygiene and sanitation strategies.