Urban health and wellbeing : Indian case studies /

Urban health and wellbeing : Indian case studies /

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Author / Creator:Grover, Aakriti, author.
Imprint:Singapore : Springer, [2020]
Description:1 online resource (xxxiv, 273 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Advances in geographical and environmental sciences, 2198-3542
Advances in geographical and environmental sciences.
Subject:
Urban health -- India -- Case studies.
Urban Health.
Urban health.
India.
India.
Electronic books.
Case Reports.
Case studies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12602322
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Other authors / contributors:Singh, R. B., author.
ISBN:9811366713
9789811366710
9789811366703
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 29, 2019).
Summary:This book focuses on interdisciplinary issues of human health in the changing urban environments of India's largest megacities-Delhi and Mumbai. The authors explore human health concerns related to increased temperatures and air pollution in these cities in a study based on primary data collected through interviews, as well as secondary data on causes of mortality from 2001 to 2012. During this period, the surface temperatures for both megacities were mapped using Landsat Images. The rapidly increasing populations of cities and urban centers alter ecosystem services such as water, air and land cover, with disastrous impacts on health and wellbeing, particularly in megacities. In 2015, polluted air was estimated to have been responsible for 6.4 million deaths worldwide, and it is projected that it will cause between 6 and 9 million deaths per year by 2060. In 2017, outdoor air pollution resulted in 1.2 million deaths in India and brought about a 3% loss in GDP. The increase in population, vehicles, and industries has led to changes in land use and land cover and a rise in city temperatures and air pollution, creating urban heat islands (UHIs). Together, UHIs and air pollution have damaging impacts on human health that range from stress and headache to asthma, bronchitis, and chronic diseases, and even to death. Delhi has been experiencing emergency conditions in terms of environmental health over the past two years. At the same time, both the Delhi and Mumbai urban agglomerations are growing at a rapid pace, and the United Nations has projected that they will be the second and third most populous cities in the world by 2025. In this context, the book offers significant insights into the past patterns and responses to the present global urban health emergencies, and explores sustainable means of combating the problem to enable college and university researchers to develop innovative solutions. Further. It presents trans-disciplinary research that cuts across the WHO Action Plan, the Sustainable Development Goals, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Habitat III to help policymakers gain a better understanding of the global challenges of urban health and wellbeing. The book is especially useful for students and researchers in geography, urban demography, urban studies, environmental studies, health sciences, and policy studies.
Other form:Print version: Grover, Aakriti. Urban Health and Wellbeing : Indian Case Studies. Singapore : Springer, ©2020 9789811366703
Standard no.:10.1007/978-981-13-6671-0
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Urban Health and Wellbeing: Emerging Trans-disciplinary Stream; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Value of Health; 1.3 Definition and Concept of Health; 1.3.1 Traditional Medical/Biostatistical Concept; 1.3.2 The Concept of Health Given by WHO; 1.3.3 The Ecological Concept of Health; 1.3.4 The Holistic or Normative Concept of Health; 1.3.5 Potential Alternative Universal Concepts of Health; 1.4 Approaches to Geography of Health; 1.5 From Medical to Health Geography; 1.5.1 Medical Geography; 1.5.2 Evolution
  • 1.5.3 Health Geography1.6 Measures and Indicators of Health; 1.7 Contribution of Other Disciplines in Geography of Health and Medical Geography; 1.8 National and International Institutional Mechanisms; 1.9 Overview of Health in India; 1.9.1 Effect of Air Pollution on Health in India; 1.10 Concluding Remarks; References; 2 Research Background; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Conceptual Framework; 2.3 Literature Review; 2.3.1 Urban Environmental Change; 2.3.2 Urban Heat Island; 2.3.3 Impact of Changing Urban Environment on Urban Health; 2.4 Study Area; 2.4.1 Urban Environment of Delhi
  • 2.4.2 Urban Environment of Mumbai2.5 Research Questions; 2.6 Objectives; 2.7 Data Collection and Methodology; 2.8 Limitations; References; 3 Geographical Background: Delhi and Mumbai; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Geographical Location; 3.3 Early History and Cultural Evolution; 3.4 Physiography; 3.5 Drainage and Water Resources; 3.6 Climate; 3.7 Natural Resources; 3.7.1 Forest and Tree Cover; 3.7.2 Energy Resources; 3.8 Demography; 3.9 Transport Network and Vehicular Traffic; 3.10 Health; 3.11 Industrial Growth; 3.12 Air Quality; 3.13 Hazards and Disasters; 3.14 Squatter Settlements and Slums
  • 3.15 Concluding RemarksReferences; 4 Changing Urban Environment in Megacities; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Driving Forces of Urban Environmental Change; 4.2.1 LULC Change and Population Change; 4.2.2 Vehicular Growth; 4.3 Data Sources; 4.3.1 Datasets Used in LULC Classification; 4.3.2 Data Sources of Air Pollution; 4.4 Methodology; 4.4.1 Pre-processing of Images for Land Use/Cover Classification; 4.4.2 Land Use/Cover Classification, Mapping and Change Detection; 4.4.3 Post-classification Processing; 4.4.4 Analysis and Quantification of Differences in LULC
  • 4.4.5 Estimation of Trends of Air Pollution4.5 Results and Discussion; 4.5.1 Land Use/Cover Change in Delhi and Mumbai; 4.5.2 Status of Air Quality Change in Delhi and Mumbai; 4.5.3 Status of Air Quality Change in Mumbai; 4.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 5 Urban Microclimates; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 Urban Environment; 5.1.2 Urban Heat Island; 5.1.3 Factors Affecting UHI and LST; 5.1.4 Inter-Relationship Between LST, NDVI and NDBI; 5.1.5 UHI Studies in India; 5.2 Data Sources; 5.3 Methodology; 5.3.1 Image Pre-processing; 5.3.2 Relative Radiometric Correction (RRC); 5.3.3 Estimation of NDVI

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