The urban transformation : health, shelter and climate change / / edited by Elliott D. Sclar, Nicole Volavka-Close and Peter Brown

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Earthscan, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetto topico: Urban poor; Urban health; Sustainable urban development; Urbanization - Environmental aspects; Urban ecology (Sociology); City planning
• Altri autori: BrownPeter <1948-> (Peter G.) SclarElliott Volavka-CloseNicole
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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 ; 8 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
• Sommario/riassunto: For 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The urban transformation
• ISBN: 1-136-26295-4; 0-203-10768-3; 1-136-26296-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826358303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II