Description |
xvii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Understanding the twenty-first century urban transformation: A Global South perspective / Nicole Volavka-Close -- 2.Evolving urban health risks: Housing, water and sanitation, and climate change / Gordon Mcgranahan -- 3.Urban health systems / Trudy Harpham -- 4.Healthy urban governance and population health: Participatory budgeting in Belo Horizonte, Brazil / Waleska T. Caiaffa -- 5.Addressing health vulnerabilities of the urban poor in the ̀new urban settings' of Asia / Tran Le Thuy -- 6.The need for shelter finance improvements / Diana Mitlin -- 7.Innovations in shelter finance / Diana Mitlin -- 8.Investing in urban water and sanitation systems / Catarina Fonseca -- 9.Perceiving the social and economic consequences of natural disaster shocks or getting ready for climate change / John C. Mutter -- 10.The urbanization of climate change: Responding to a new global challenge / Shagun Mehrotra |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
City planning.
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Sustainable urban development.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Urban health.
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Urban poor.
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Urbanization -- Environmental aspects.
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Author |
Brown, Peter (Peter G.), 1948-
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Sclar, Elliott.
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Volavka-Close, Nicole.
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LC no. |
2012003296 |
ISBN |
9780203107683 (ebook) |
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9781849712156 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781849712163 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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