Urban Health and Planning in the 21st Century: Bridging Across the Formal and Informal Using an Eco-Social Lens

Urban Health and Planning in the 21st Century: Bridging Across the Formal and Informal Using an Eco-Social Lens PDF Author: Ritu Priya
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 283254665X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Book Description
Modern urban planning emerged in response to public health challenges in the post-industrial revolution period in Europe. It has since evolved through the colonial and post-colonial phases of the 19th and 20th centuries with international, national, and local specificities. In the 21st century, human societies are rapidly urbanizing, even in LMICs where half or more of the population still live in rural areas. Therefore public policies that shape the nature of urbanization and urban habitats will become ever more critical to human and planetary health and wellbeing.