Advancing health and wellbeing in the changing urban environment : implementing a systems approach

This book addresses up-to-date urban health issues from a systems perspective and provides an appealing integrated urban development strategy based on a 10-year global interdisciplinary research programme created by the International Council for Science (ICSU), and sponsored by the InterAcademy Part...

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Main Author Gatzweiler, Franz W. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer, 2017.
SeriesUrban health and wellbeing, systems approaches,
Subjects
Urban health.
Well-being.
Sociology, Urban.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811033643
9789811033636
ISSN2510-3490
Physical Description1 online resource (xviii, 62 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction to ICSU, UNU, IAP and IUE; 1 Advancing Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment; 1 Background; 2 Introduction: Urban Transformations and Health; 3 Context and Relevance: Why Cities and Why Urban Health?; 3.1 Urbanisation, Urban Density and Complexity; 3.2 Governing Urban Complexity for Health and Wellbeing; 4 Policy Relevance and Decision Making; 5 A Systems Approach to Urban Health and Wellbeing; 5.1 Why a Systems Approach Is Needed; 5.2 What Is a Systems Approach to Urban Health and Wellbeing?
  • 6 Implementing the Systems Approach: A Conceptual Framework7 Vision and Goals of a Science Programme on a Systems Approach to Urban Health and Wellbeing; 8 Guiding Principles and Thematic Areas; 9 The Kind of City People Want; References; Endnotes; Glossary; Index.

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