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Neighborhood and Life Chances : How Place Matters in Modern America / / Harriet B. Newburger, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch
| Neighborhood and Life Chances : How Place Matters in Modern America / / Harriet B. Newburger, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 261.70973/09045 |
| Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States
Neighborhoods - United States Place (Philosophy) |
| ISBN |
1-283-89755-5
0-8122-0008-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part I. People and Places: Heath, Education, and Safety -- Chapter 1. Health and Residential Location / Currie, Janet -- Chapter 2. The Place of Race in Health Disparities: How Family Background and Neighborhood Conditions in Childhood Impact Later-Life Health / Johnson, Rucker C. -- Chapter 3. Educational Interventions: Their Effects on the Achievement of Poor Children / Jacob, Brian A. / Ludwig, Jens -- Chapter 4. Before or After the Bell? School Context and Neighborhood Effects on Student Achievement / Jargowsky, Paul A. / El Komi, Mohamed -- Chapter 5. Neighborhoods, Social Interactions, and Crime: What Does the Evidence Show? / Raphael, Steven / Stoll, Michael A. -- Chapter 6. Daily Activities and Violence in Community Landscapes / Wiebe, Douglas J. / Branas, Charles C. -- Part II. Geographies of Opportunity -- Chapter 7. Exploring Changes in Low-Income Neighborhoods in the 1990's / Gould Ellen, Ingrid / O'Regan, Katherine -- Chapter 8. Reinventing Older Communities Through Mixed-Income Development: What Are We Learning from Chicago's Public Housing Transformation? / Joseph, Mark L. -- Chapter 9. Reinventing Older Communities: Does Place Matter? / Rothenberg Pack, Janet -- Part III. Moving People Out of Poverty -- Chapter 10. An Overview of Moving to Opportunity: A Random Assignment Housing Mobility Study in Five U.S. Cities / Gennetian, Lisa A. / Sanbonmatsu, Lisa / Ludwig, Jens -- Chapter 11. How Does Leaving High-Poverty Neighborhoods Affect the Employment Prospects of Low-Income Mothers and Youth? Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment / de Souza Briggs, Xavier / Cove, Elizabeth / Duarte, Cynthia / Turner, Margery Austin -- Chapter 12. Teens, Mental Health, and Moving to Opportunity / Clampet-Lundquist, Susan -- Chapter 13. Changing the Geography of Opportunity by Helping Poor Households Move Out of Concentrated Poverty: Neighborhood Effects and Policy Design / Galster, George -- Part IV. Segregation: The Power of Place -- Chapter 14. Are Mixed Neighborhoods Always Unstable? Two-Sided and One-Sided Tipping / Card, David / Mas, Alexandre / Rothstein, Jesse -- Chapter 15. Preferences for Hispanic Neighborhoods / Ferreira, Fernando -- Chapter 16. Increasing Diversity and the Future of U.S. Housing Segregation / DeFina, Robert / Hannon, Lance -- Chapter 17. Understanding Racial Segregation: What Is Known About the Effect of Housing Discrimination? / Ross, Stephen L. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464126803321 |
| Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Neighborhood and Life Chances : How Place Matters in Modern America / / Harriet B. Newburger, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch
| Neighborhood and Life Chances : How Place Matters in Modern America / / Harriet B. Newburger, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 261.70973/09045 |
| Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States
Neighborhoods - United States Place (Philosophy) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies Public Policy Sociology Urban Studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-89755-5
0-8122-0008-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part I. People and Places: Heath, Education, and Safety -- Chapter 1. Health and Residential Location / Currie, Janet -- Chapter 2. The Place of Race in Health Disparities: How Family Background and Neighborhood Conditions in Childhood Impact Later-Life Health / Johnson, Rucker C. -- Chapter 3. Educational Interventions: Their Effects on the Achievement of Poor Children / Jacob, Brian A. / Ludwig, Jens -- Chapter 4. Before or After the Bell? School Context and Neighborhood Effects on Student Achievement / Jargowsky, Paul A. / El Komi, Mohamed -- Chapter 5. Neighborhoods, Social Interactions, and Crime: What Does the Evidence Show? / Raphael, Steven / Stoll, Michael A. -- Chapter 6. Daily Activities and Violence in Community Landscapes / Wiebe, Douglas J. / Branas, Charles C. -- Part II. Geographies of Opportunity -- Chapter 7. Exploring Changes in Low-Income Neighborhoods in the 1990's / Gould Ellen, Ingrid / O'Regan, Katherine -- Chapter 8. Reinventing Older Communities Through Mixed-Income Development: What Are We Learning from Chicago's Public Housing Transformation? / Joseph, Mark L. -- Chapter 9. Reinventing Older Communities: Does Place Matter? / Rothenberg Pack, Janet -- Part III. Moving People Out of Poverty -- Chapter 10. An Overview of Moving to Opportunity: A Random Assignment Housing Mobility Study in Five U.S. Cities / Gennetian, Lisa A. / Sanbonmatsu, Lisa / Ludwig, Jens -- Chapter 11. How Does Leaving High-Poverty Neighborhoods Affect the Employment Prospects of Low-Income Mothers and Youth? Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment / de Souza Briggs, Xavier / Cove, Elizabeth / Duarte, Cynthia / Turner, Margery Austin -- Chapter 12. Teens, Mental Health, and Moving to Opportunity / Clampet-Lundquist, Susan -- Chapter 13. Changing the Geography of Opportunity by Helping Poor Households Move Out of Concentrated Poverty: Neighborhood Effects and Policy Design / Galster, George -- Part IV. Segregation: The Power of Place -- Chapter 14. Are Mixed Neighborhoods Always Unstable? Two-Sided and One-Sided Tipping / Card, David / Mas, Alexandre / Rothstein, Jesse -- Chapter 15. Preferences for Hispanic Neighborhoods / Ferreira, Fernando -- Chapter 16. Increasing Diversity and the Future of U.S. Housing Segregation / DeFina, Robert / Hannon, Lance -- Chapter 17. Understanding Racial Segregation: What Is Known About the Effect of Housing Discrimination? / Ross, Stephen L. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788202803321 |
| Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Neighborhood and Life Chances : How Place Matters in Modern America / / Harriet B. Newburger, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch
| Neighborhood and Life Chances : How Place Matters in Modern America / / Harriet B. Newburger, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
| Disciplina | 261.70973/09045 |
| Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - United States
Neighborhoods - United States Place (Philosophy) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies Public Policy Sociology Urban Studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-89755-5
0-8122-0008-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part I. People and Places: Heath, Education, and Safety -- Chapter 1. Health and Residential Location / Currie, Janet -- Chapter 2. The Place of Race in Health Disparities: How Family Background and Neighborhood Conditions in Childhood Impact Later-Life Health / Johnson, Rucker C. -- Chapter 3. Educational Interventions: Their Effects on the Achievement of Poor Children / Jacob, Brian A. / Ludwig, Jens -- Chapter 4. Before or After the Bell? School Context and Neighborhood Effects on Student Achievement / Jargowsky, Paul A. / El Komi, Mohamed -- Chapter 5. Neighborhoods, Social Interactions, and Crime: What Does the Evidence Show? / Raphael, Steven / Stoll, Michael A. -- Chapter 6. Daily Activities and Violence in Community Landscapes / Wiebe, Douglas J. / Branas, Charles C. -- Part II. Geographies of Opportunity -- Chapter 7. Exploring Changes in Low-Income Neighborhoods in the 1990's / Gould Ellen, Ingrid / O'Regan, Katherine -- Chapter 8. Reinventing Older Communities Through Mixed-Income Development: What Are We Learning from Chicago's Public Housing Transformation? / Joseph, Mark L. -- Chapter 9. Reinventing Older Communities: Does Place Matter? / Rothenberg Pack, Janet -- Part III. Moving People Out of Poverty -- Chapter 10. An Overview of Moving to Opportunity: A Random Assignment Housing Mobility Study in Five U.S. Cities / Gennetian, Lisa A. / Sanbonmatsu, Lisa / Ludwig, Jens -- Chapter 11. How Does Leaving High-Poverty Neighborhoods Affect the Employment Prospects of Low-Income Mothers and Youth? Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment / de Souza Briggs, Xavier / Cove, Elizabeth / Duarte, Cynthia / Turner, Margery Austin -- Chapter 12. Teens, Mental Health, and Moving to Opportunity / Clampet-Lundquist, Susan -- Chapter 13. Changing the Geography of Opportunity by Helping Poor Households Move Out of Concentrated Poverty: Neighborhood Effects and Policy Design / Galster, George -- Part IV. Segregation: The Power of Place -- Chapter 14. Are Mixed Neighborhoods Always Unstable? Two-Sided and One-Sided Tipping / Card, David / Mas, Alexandre / Rothstein, Jesse -- Chapter 15. Preferences for Hispanic Neighborhoods / Ferreira, Fernando -- Chapter 16. Increasing Diversity and the Future of U.S. Housing Segregation / DeFina, Robert / Hannon, Lance -- Chapter 17. Understanding Racial Segregation: What Is Known About the Effect of Housing Discrimination? / Ross, Stephen L. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808674503321 |
| Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shared prosperity in America's communities / / edited by Susan M. Wachter and Lei Ding
| Shared prosperity in America's communities / / edited by Susan M. Wachter and Lei Ding |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 330.973 |
| Collana | City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Metropolitan areas - Economic aspects - United States
Economic development - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8122-9240-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Socioeconomic Mobility in the United States: New Evidence and Policy Lessons -- Chapter 2. Neighborhoods and Segregation -- Chapter 3. The Changing Geography of Disadvantage -- Chapter 4. U.S. Workers’ Diverging Locations: Causes and in Inequality Consequences -- Chapter 5. Building Shared Prosperity Through Place- Conscious Strategies That Reweave the Goals of Fair Housing and Community Development -- Chapter 6. Confronting the Legacy of American Apartheid -- Chapter 7. Expanding Educational Opportunity in Urban School Districts -- Chapter 8. Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s Jobs -- Chapter 9. Labor-Demand-Side Economic Development Incentives and Urban Opportunity -- Chapter 10. Equitable and Inclusive Growth Strategies for American Cities -- Chapter 11. The Fragility of Growth in a Post-Industrial City -- Chapter 12. Fostering an Inclusive Metropolis: Equity, Growth, and Community -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466061203321 |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shared prosperity in America's communities / / edited by Susan M. Wachter and Lei Ding
| Shared prosperity in America's communities / / edited by Susan M. Wachter and Lei Ding |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 330.973 |
| Collana | City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Metropolitan areas - Economic aspects - United States
Economic development - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Political Science
Public Policy Urban Studies |
| ISBN | 0-8122-9240-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Socioeconomic Mobility in the United States: New Evidence and Policy Lessons -- Chapter 2. Neighborhoods and Segregation -- Chapter 3. The Changing Geography of Disadvantage -- Chapter 4. U.S. Workers’ Diverging Locations: Causes and in Inequality Consequences -- Chapter 5. Building Shared Prosperity Through Place- Conscious Strategies That Reweave the Goals of Fair Housing and Community Development -- Chapter 6. Confronting the Legacy of American Apartheid -- Chapter 7. Expanding Educational Opportunity in Urban School Districts -- Chapter 8. Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s Jobs -- Chapter 9. Labor-Demand-Side Economic Development Incentives and Urban Opportunity -- Chapter 10. Equitable and Inclusive Growth Strategies for American Cities -- Chapter 11. The Fragility of Growth in a Post-Industrial City -- Chapter 12. Fostering an Inclusive Metropolis: Equity, Growth, and Community -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798169203321 |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shared prosperity in America's communities / / edited by Susan M. Wachter and Lei Ding
| Shared prosperity in America's communities / / edited by Susan M. Wachter and Lei Ding |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 330.973 |
| Collana | City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Metropolitan areas - Economic aspects - United States
Economic development - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Political Science
Public Policy Urban Studies |
| ISBN | 0-8122-9240-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Socioeconomic Mobility in the United States: New Evidence and Policy Lessons -- Chapter 2. Neighborhoods and Segregation -- Chapter 3. The Changing Geography of Disadvantage -- Chapter 4. U.S. Workers’ Diverging Locations: Causes and in Inequality Consequences -- Chapter 5. Building Shared Prosperity Through Place- Conscious Strategies That Reweave the Goals of Fair Housing and Community Development -- Chapter 6. Confronting the Legacy of American Apartheid -- Chapter 7. Expanding Educational Opportunity in Urban School Districts -- Chapter 8. Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s Jobs -- Chapter 9. Labor-Demand-Side Economic Development Incentives and Urban Opportunity -- Chapter 10. Equitable and Inclusive Growth Strategies for American Cities -- Chapter 11. The Fragility of Growth in a Post-Industrial City -- Chapter 12. Fostering an Inclusive Metropolis: Equity, Growth, and Community -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822036403321 |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Urban ecosystem services and decision making for a green Philadelphia / / by Dianna M. Hogan, Carl D. Shapiro, David N. Karp, and Susan M. Wachter
| Urban ecosystem services and decision making for a green Philadelphia / / by Dianna M. Hogan, Carl D. Shapiro, David N. Karp, and Susan M. Wachter |
| Autore | Hogan Dianna <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 21 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Collana | Open-file report |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental sciences - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Regional planning - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Sustainable development - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Water-supply - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Management Environmental sciences Regional planning Sustainable development Water-supply - Management City planning - Pennsylvania - Phildadelphia Urbanization - Pennsylvania - Phildadelphia |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910711856803321 |
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| Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women's Health and the World's Cities / / Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch
| Women's Health and the World's Cities / / Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1082 |
| Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban women - Health and hygiene
Urban women - Social conditions Urban health Women's health services Urbanization - Environmental aspects Urbanization - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-89737-7
0-8122-0508-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Gutmann, Amy -- Introduction: Developing Urban Areas as if Gender Matters / Ibrahim Meleis, Afaf -- Part I. Women's Health in Urban Areas -- Chapter 1. Women's Health and the City: A Comprehensive Approach for the Developing World / Frenk, Julio / Gómez-Dantés, Octavio -- Chapter 2. Policy for a Better Future: A Focus on Girls and Women / Levine, Ruth -- Chapter 3. Girls' Health and Educational Needs in Urban Environments / Tjon-A-Ten, Varina / Kerner, Brad / Shukla, Shweta / Hochwalt, Anne -- Chapter 4. Making Cities Safe for Women and Girls: Integrating a Gender Perspective into Urban Health and Planning / Garcia-Moreno, Claudia / Chawla, Manupreet -- Part II. Urbanization, Space, and Geography -- Chapter 5. Design of Healthy Cities for Women / Birch, Eugenie L. -- Chapter 6. Are Women Victims, or Are They Warriors? / Patel, Sheela -- Chapter 7. Women with Disabilities and Cities / Correa-de-Araujo, Rosaly -- Chapter 8. The Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Women in Urban Areas / Hilfinger Messias, DeAnne K. -- Part III. Models of Excellence -- Chapter 9. Women's Health in the Urban Community: National Institutes of Health Perspective / Pinn, Vivian W. / Corry, Nida H. -- Chapter 10. Transforming Urban Environments / Cornman-Levy, Diane / Dyrness, Grace R. / Golden, Jane / Gouverneur, David / Grisso, Jeane Ann -- Chapter 11. Bearing Witness: Women in Cities as Agents of Transformation for God / Dyrness, Grace R. -- Chapter 12. Accessibility to Health Care in Urban Environments / Mwangangi, Francisca M. -- Chapter 13. Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Violence Against Women and HIV in Kampala, Uganda / Musuya, Tina C. -- Chapter 14. Philanthropy and Its Impact on Urban Women's Health -- Afterword / Wachter, Susan M. -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments / Meleis, Afaf I. / Birch, Eugenie L. / Wachter, Susan M. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463863903321 |
| Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women's Health and the World's Cities / / Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch
| Women's Health and the World's Cities / / Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1082 |
| Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban women - Health and hygiene
Urban women - Social conditions Urban health Women's health services Urbanization - Environmental aspects Urbanization - Social aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Caregiving
Gender Studies Health Medicine Public Policy Urban Studies Women's Studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-89737-7
0-8122-0508-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Gutmann, Amy -- Introduction: Developing Urban Areas as if Gender Matters / Ibrahim Meleis, Afaf -- Part I. Women's Health in Urban Areas -- Chapter 1. Women's Health and the City: A Comprehensive Approach for the Developing World / Frenk, Julio / Gómez-Dantés, Octavio -- Chapter 2. Policy for a Better Future: A Focus on Girls and Women / Levine, Ruth -- Chapter 3. Girls' Health and Educational Needs in Urban Environments / Tjon-A-Ten, Varina / Kerner, Brad / Shukla, Shweta / Hochwalt, Anne -- Chapter 4. Making Cities Safe for Women and Girls: Integrating a Gender Perspective into Urban Health and Planning / Garcia-Moreno, Claudia / Chawla, Manupreet -- Part II. Urbanization, Space, and Geography -- Chapter 5. Design of Healthy Cities for Women / Birch, Eugenie L. -- Chapter 6. Are Women Victims, or Are They Warriors? / Patel, Sheela -- Chapter 7. Women with Disabilities and Cities / Correa-de-Araujo, Rosaly -- Chapter 8. The Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Women in Urban Areas / Hilfinger Messias, DeAnne K. -- Part III. Models of Excellence -- Chapter 9. Women's Health in the Urban Community: National Institutes of Health Perspective / Pinn, Vivian W. / Corry, Nida H. -- Chapter 10. Transforming Urban Environments / Cornman-Levy, Diane / Dyrness, Grace R. / Golden, Jane / Gouverneur, David / Grisso, Jeane Ann -- Chapter 11. Bearing Witness: Women in Cities as Agents of Transformation for God / Dyrness, Grace R. -- Chapter 12. Accessibility to Health Care in Urban Environments / Mwangangi, Francisca M. -- Chapter 13. Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Violence Against Women and HIV in Kampala, Uganda / Musuya, Tina C. -- Chapter 14. Philanthropy and Its Impact on Urban Women's Health -- Afterword / Wachter, Susan M. -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments / Meleis, Afaf I. / Birch, Eugenie L. / Wachter, Susan M. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788583703321 |
| Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women's Health and the World's Cities / / Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch
| Women's Health and the World's Cities / / Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Susan M. Wachter, Eugenie L. Birch |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1082 |
| Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban women - Health and hygiene
Urban women - Social conditions Urban health Women's health services Urbanization - Environmental aspects Urbanization - Social aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Caregiving
Gender Studies Health Medicine Public Policy Urban Studies Women's Studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-89737-7
0-8122-0508-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Gutmann, Amy -- Introduction: Developing Urban Areas as if Gender Matters / Ibrahim Meleis, Afaf -- Part I. Women's Health in Urban Areas -- Chapter 1. Women's Health and the City: A Comprehensive Approach for the Developing World / Frenk, Julio / Gómez-Dantés, Octavio -- Chapter 2. Policy for a Better Future: A Focus on Girls and Women / Levine, Ruth -- Chapter 3. Girls' Health and Educational Needs in Urban Environments / Tjon-A-Ten, Varina / Kerner, Brad / Shukla, Shweta / Hochwalt, Anne -- Chapter 4. Making Cities Safe for Women and Girls: Integrating a Gender Perspective into Urban Health and Planning / Garcia-Moreno, Claudia / Chawla, Manupreet -- Part II. Urbanization, Space, and Geography -- Chapter 5. Design of Healthy Cities for Women / Birch, Eugenie L. -- Chapter 6. Are Women Victims, or Are They Warriors? / Patel, Sheela -- Chapter 7. Women with Disabilities and Cities / Correa-de-Araujo, Rosaly -- Chapter 8. The Health and Well-Being of Immigrant Women in Urban Areas / Hilfinger Messias, DeAnne K. -- Part III. Models of Excellence -- Chapter 9. Women's Health in the Urban Community: National Institutes of Health Perspective / Pinn, Vivian W. / Corry, Nida H. -- Chapter 10. Transforming Urban Environments / Cornman-Levy, Diane / Dyrness, Grace R. / Golden, Jane / Gouverneur, David / Grisso, Jeane Ann -- Chapter 11. Bearing Witness: Women in Cities as Agents of Transformation for God / Dyrness, Grace R. -- Chapter 12. Accessibility to Health Care in Urban Environments / Mwangangi, Francisca M. -- Chapter 13. Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Violence Against Women and HIV in Kampala, Uganda / Musuya, Tina C. -- Chapter 14. Philanthropy and Its Impact on Urban Women's Health -- Afterword / Wachter, Susan M. -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments / Meleis, Afaf I. / Birch, Eugenie L. / Wachter, Susan M. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815235003321 |
| Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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