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Challenging urban health: towards an improved local government response to migration, informal settlements, and HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa

Global Health Action, 2011
This article is a review of the PhD thesis undertaken by Joanna Vearey that explores local government responses to the urban health challenges of migration, informal settlements, and HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Joanna Vearey
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Health Implications of Diverse Visions of Urban Spaces: Bridging the Formal-Informal Divide

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
In the past 200 years, urban spaces have been imagined as neatly laid out, well-planned, sanitised and civilised places of dense human habitation with regulated economic activity, where political power, financial capital, the frontiers of knowledge and ...
Ritu Priya, Ritu Priya, Ranvir Singh, Ranvir Singh, Sayan Das   +4 more
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Economics and urban health [PDF]

Journal of Urban Health, 1998
K, Davis, D, Sandman
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Patterns of substance use among homeless men residing in urban shelter homes in Delhi

Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Background: Homeless populations are highly vulnerable to substance use, but Indian data are limited. Aim: This study aimed to examine the pattern and severity of substance use among homeless men residing in Delhi. Methods: In this cross-sectional study,
Ilambaridhi Balasubramanian, Atul Ambekar, Alok Agrawal, Rajesh Kumar   +3 more
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Citizen science and biodiversity in urban planning. Enhancing public spaces through the URBioPark project

TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment
The WHO estimates that by 2050, 70% of the global population will reside in urban areas—centers of opportunity but also major health risks. Urbanization contributes to the rise of non-communicable chronic diseases, linked to unsustainable lifestyles and ...
Michela Tiboni, Anna Bertolazzi, Michela Nota, Achille Amatucci, Filippo Gallese, Giovanni Maifredi, Anita Maienza, Luciano Massetti, Elena Pivato, Vera Ventura, Claudia Zani   +10 more
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The archipelago of urban health. A vision for Milan from the railway yard regeneration

TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment
The aim of the paper is to envision urban open spaces as a strategic system for the health of the citizens, experimenting with innovative interpretation tools and design-oriented approaches.
Giovanna Fossa, Federico Mistò, Quying Wang, Giulio Zilli   +3 more
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Nature-Based Solutions to Enhance Urban Resilience in the Climate Change and Post-Pandemic Era: A Taxonomy for the Built Environment

Buildings
Global environmental and health issues such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the weaknesses of current urban systems, including the poor availability and accessibility of green and public spaces in cities.
Francesco Sommese
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Urbanization and Health

Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2011
DOI: 10.4038/jccpsl.v14i1.2941 Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka Vol.14(1) 2009 1 ...
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Urban Health / StadtGesundheit

Basierend auf einer integrativen (human-)ökologischen Perspektive strebt der Ansatz StadtGesundheit danach, Public Health in Theorie und Praxis konkret für die Gesundheit städtischer Bevölkerungen anzuwenden. Hier geht es sowohl um Erkenntnisse unter dem Leitprinzip Blickfelderweiterung als auch um Handlung, insbesondere im Sinne eines Brückenbaus.
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Urban indigenous health [PDF]

Internal Medicine Journal, 2006
K, Rowley, I, Anderson
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