Megacities and global health [electronic resource] / editors, Omar Khan, Gregory Pappas ; [foreword by Ida Susser].
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : American Public Health Association, c2011.Description: xiii, 321 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780875530031 (alk. paper)
- 0875530036 (alk. paper)
- 9780875532608 (e-book)
- 362.1/042 22
- RA566.7 .M44 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conceptual framework : megacities and public health / Greg Pappas -- The urban ecology of megacities / David Vlahov -- Housing, crowding, migration : case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh / Omar Rahman -- Emerging infectious disease threats in megacities : case study of Brazil / Mary Wilson -- Developing health indicators for megacities : case study of the European Urban Health Indicator System (EURO-URHIS) / Arpana Verma -- Environmental and occupational hazards : case study of Karachi, Pakistan / Greg Pappas & Zafar Fatmi -- Forced displacement of African-Americans in New York City and the international diffusion of MDR-HIV / Rodrick Wallace -- Megacities and disaster preparedness / Irshad Shaikh & Greg Pappas -- Tackling health issues in a megacity : case study from London / Neil Blackshaw -- Emergency response : case study of NYC / Linda Landesman -- Suburbs of megacities : case study of Los Angeles / Dennis Andrulis, Najia Siddiqui -- Public health impacts of megacities and primary care responses / Omar Khan, Tom Peterson.
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