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University of California Press
- Slum Health: From the Cell to the Street
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of California Press
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- List of Tables
- pp. xi-xii
- Prelude: Memoirs of a Kenya Slum Dweller
- pp. xiii-xviii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xix-xx
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Part One. Slum Health: Framing Research, Practice, and Policy
- 2. Slum Health: Research to Action
- pp. 38-50
- 3. Frameworks for Slum Health Equity
- pp. 51-69
- Part Two. From the Cell to the Street: Slum Health in Brazil
- Part Three. Urban Upgrading and Health in Nairobi, Kenya
- 9. Coproducing Slum Health in Nairobi, Kenya
- pp. 153-188
- Part Four. Understanding Slum Health in Urban India
- 12. Health Disparities in Urban India
- pp. 233-257
- Part Five. Knowledge Gaps and Future Considerations
- List of Contributors
- pp. 297-300
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520962798
Related ISBN(s)
9780520281066
MARC Record
OCLC
928136992
Pages
350
Launched on MUSE
2016-10-26
Language
English
Open Access
No