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200 04$aThe urban transformation $ehealth, shelter and climate change /$fedited by Elliott D. Sclar, Nicole Volavka-Close and Peter Brown
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge :$cEarthscan,$d2013.
215   $a1 online resource (257 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-84971-216-6 
311   $a1-84971-215-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
327   $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Understanding the twenty-first century urban transformation: A Global South perspective; 2 Evolving urban health risks: Housing, water and sanitation, and climate change; 3 Urban health systems; 4 Healthy urban governance and population health: Participatory budgeting in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 5 Addressing health vulnerabilities of the urban poor in the 'new urban settings' of Asia; 6 The need for shelter finance improvements; 7 Innovations in shelter finance
327   $a8 Investing in urban water and sanitation systems9 Perceiving the social and economic consequences of natural disaster shocks or getting ready for climate change; 10 The urbanization of climate change: Responding to a new global challenge; Index
330   $aFor the first time in history, half of the world's population lives in urban areas and it is expected that, by 2050, that figure will rise to above two-thirds. A large proportion of this urban growth will be taking place in the cities of the developing world, where the provision of adequate health, shelter, water and sanitation and climate change adaptation efforts for rapidly-growing urban populations will be an urgent priority. This transition to an urban world could be a negative transformation; but, if well-planned, it could also offer an unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives o
606   $aUrban poor
606   $aUrban health
606   $aSustainable urban development
606   $aUrbanization$xEnvironmental aspects
606   $aUrban ecology (Sociology)
606   $aCity planning
615  0$aUrban poor.
615  0$aUrban health.
615  0$aSustainable urban development.
615  0$aUrbanization$xEnvironmental aspects.
615  0$aUrban ecology (Sociology)
615  0$aCity planning.
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701   $aBrown$b Peter$g(Peter G.),$f1948-$0299690
701   $aSclar$b Elliott$0750200
701   $aVolavka-Close$b Nicole$01709701
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