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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Slum health: framing research, practice & policy -- From the cell to the street: slum health in Brazil -- Urban upgrading and health in Nairobi, Kenya -- Indian cities and slum health planning -- Gaps and future considerations. |
| Summary |
"Urban slum dwellers--especially in emerging-economy cities--are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and poor life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health highlights why and how slums can be unhealthy, reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents, and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that both new biologic and "street" science--or valuing professional and lay knowledge--are crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slums -- Health aspects.
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Slums -- Health aspects. |
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Slums. |
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Urban health -- Brazil.
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Urban health. |
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Brazil. |
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Urban health -- India.
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India. |
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Urban health -- Kenya -- Nairobi.
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Kenya -- Nairobi. |
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Cities and towns -- Health aspects.
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Cities and towns -- Health aspects. |
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Cities and towns. |
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Urban ecology (Sociology) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Corburn, Jason, editor.
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Riley, Lee W., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Slum health. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] 9780520281066 (DLC) 2015042220 (OCoLC)919341773 |
| ISBN |
9780520962798 (electronic book) |
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0520962796 (electronic book) |
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9780520281066 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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