Urban health risk and resilience in Asian cities /

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Imprint:	Singapore : Springer, 2020.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Advances in geographical and environmental sciences Advances in geographical and environmental sciences.
Subject:	Urban health -- Asia. Urban health. Asia. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12604728

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Other authors / contributors:	Singh, R. B. (Ram Babu), 1955- Srinagesh, B. Anand, Subhash, 1972-
ISBN:	9789811512056 9811512051 9811512043 9789811512049
Summary:	This book focuses on understanding urban vulnerability and risk mitigation, advancing good health and wellbeing, and analysing resilience measures for various Asian cities. Today, cities are the dominant human habitat, where a large number of environmental, social, cultural and economic factors have impacts on human health and wellbeing. Cities consist of complex, dynamic, socio-ecological, and technological systems that serve multiple functions in human health and wellbeing. Currently half of Asias population is urban, and that figure is expected to rise to 66 percent by 2050. Since urban areas are often most vulnerable to hazards, the people living in them need good health infrastructure facilities and technological support at various scales. As such, the need of the hour is to enhance the adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience, reduce vulnerability, and take risk mitigation measures in urban areas, which requires a systematic approach based on science-policy interface that is transformative, trans-disciplinary and integrative for a sustainable urban future. Global sustainable development goals are closely tied to urban human health and wellbeing: (1) the third of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is to "Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages" and (2) the eleventh is to "Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable". By addressing these goals, this book offers a highly useful resource for anyone concerned with healthy and resilient cities in Asia, today and tomorrow.
Other form:	Print version: Urban health risk and resilience in Asian cities. Singapore : Springer, 2020 9811512043 9789811512049
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-981-15-1

Table of Contents:

Systems Approach for Climate Change Impacts on Urban Health: Conceptual Framework, Modeling and Practice
"SITE" (Societal-Institutional-Technical-Economic) Valuation framework : A case of drinking water facilities and services in slum areas of Hyderabad region
Inequalities in access to water and sanitation: a case of slums in major states of India
Chennai floods 2005, 2015: vulnerability, risk and climate change
An environmental study of solid waste management system in of Chandrapur city, Maharashtra, India
Linkages between Purdah Practice, Women Autonomy and Their Health Beliefs in India
Development of urban heat island and its relation to heat waves
Growing urbanization, health infrastructure and vector-borne diseases: A study in Khammam municipal corporation, Telangana state
Maternal Reproductive Health: A Comparison between India and Empowered Action Group States
Research Frontiers in Water, Environment and Human Health
Impacts of resource consumption and waste generation on environment and its impact on human health: A study based on ecological footprint analysis
The Impact Of Climate Change On Human Eyes
Health and Well-being of Ageing Population in India: A Case Study of Kolkata
Noise pollution and its consequences on urban health in Sylhet city
Health Scenario in Delhi
Status and Recent Trends of Vector Borne and Water Borne Diseases in NCT of Delhi
Quality of living, health and wellbeing of slum dwelling women domestic workers in Kolkata
Urban Growth and Environment and Health Hazards in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Impact of Urbanisation on Megacities Lakes Using Remote Sensing Technique
A Case Study of Water Quality Analysis in Ambattur Lake, Chennai, India
Impacts of urbanization of ground water pollution
an emerging issue and some suggestions
Evaluation of mass rapid transit system : A case study of Delhi
The first survey of flood disaster Preparedness in Hanoi, Vietnam
Tradit ion meets innovation: Herbal medicine as a sustainable source of anticancer agents
Urban Health Infrastructure in Small Cities: Is it Availability or Accessibility?
An approach to social sustainability in Chennai
understanding the dynamics of public places
Water scarcity in Delhi: Mapping for solutions and the way forward.

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