Healthy City Planning: From Neighbourhood to National Health Equity

ISBN-13: 9780415613019 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 192 str.

Jason Corburn;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

Healthy city planning means seeking ways to eliminate the deep and persistent inequities that plague cities. Yet, as Jason Corburn argues in this book, neither city planning nor public health is currently organized to ensure that today's cities will be equitable and healthy. Having made the case for what he calls 'adaptive urban health justice' in the opening chapter, Corburn briefly reviews the key events, actors, ideologies, institutions and policies that shaped and reshaped the urban public health and planning from the nineteenth century to the present day. He uses two frames to organize this historical review: the view of the city as a field site and as a laboratory. In the second part of the book Corburn uses in-depth case studies of health and planning activities in Rio de Janeiro, Nairobi, and Richmond, California to explore the institutions, policies and practices that constitute healthy city planning. These case studies personify some of the characteristics of his ideal of adaptive urban health justice. Each begins with an historical review of the place, its policies and social movements around urban development and public health, and each is an example of the urban poor participating in, shaping, and being impacted by healthy city planning.

Recenzje

"Healthy City Planning is ultimately a book that is about three things; policy, practice, and implementation of urban health planning. It is undoubtedly an interesting read... Jason Corburn’s book reminds us that it is not just doctors that should respond to claims of medical malpractice. " - Urban Geography Research Group

Spis treści

1. Healthy City Planning: The Role of Neighbourhood Health Centres  2. History of Planning and Public Health  3. Relational Science for Healthy City Planning  4. North America: Neighbourhood Health Centre Movement  5. Latin America: Municipal Planning and Health in Venezuela and Brazil  6. Asia: From Housing and Sewers to Health and Safety in Bangkok and Karachi  7. Africa: Planning by Slum Dwellers in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam  8. Healthy City Planning in an Urbanising World