Table of Contents

The New York Academy of Medicine vii


Foreword xi
Michael R. Bloomberg


Preface xiii


Acknowledgments xv
David Vlahov


Introduction xvii
Margaret Chan


The Editors xxi


The Contributors xxiii


1. Urban Health in a Global Perspective 1
David Vlahov and Jo Ivey Boufford


2. Globalization 13
Ted Schrecker and Ronald Labonté


3. The Demographics of Urbanization in Poor Countries 27
Mark R. Montgomery


4. Migration, Health Systems, and Urbanization 45
Ndioro Ndiaye, Manuel Carbhallo, and Rougui Ndiaye-Coïc


5. Immigrant Health in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 59
Arnoud P. Verhoeff and Roel A. Coutinho


6. City Case Studies Global Climate Change and Cities 69
Tord Kjellstrom and Patricia Monge


7. Age-Friendly New York City 91
Ruth Finkelstein and Julie Netherland


8. Global Infectious Diseases and Urbanization 105
Thomas C. Quinn and John G. Bartlett


9. City Case Studies Confronting the New Epidemics in Our Cities 125
Stephen Leeder, Angela Beaton, Cathie Hull, Ruth Colagiuri, and Michael Ward


10. Chronic Disease Care in Nairobi’s Urban Informal Settlements 139
Catherine Kyobutungi and Alex Ezeh


11. Crime, Violence, Public Health, and Urban Life 157
Richard H. Schneider


12. A Global Perspective on Disasters and Their Consequences in the Urban Environment 175
Maria Steenland, Godfrey Mbaruku, and Sandro Galea


13. City Case Studies Urban Terrorism 191
Robert J. Bunker and Pamela L. Bunker


14. The Culture of Peace Against Violence in Zagreb 207
Stipe Oreskovic


15. Urban Health Services and Health Systems Reform 221
Julio Frenk and Octavio Gómez-Dantés


16. City Case Studies Information Flow and Integrated E-Health Systems 237
Veronica Olazabal, Ticia Gerber, Beatriz de Faria Leao, Claudio Giulliano da Costa, Karl Brown, and
Ariel Pablos-Méndez


17. Governance for Health in London: Utilizing the Health Impact Assessment 253
Sue Atkinson


18. Provision of Water and Sanitation Services 267
Jonathan Parkinson, Martin Mulenga, and Gordon McGranahan


19. Urban Transportation 283
Rae Zimmerman and Carlos E. Restrepo


20. Informal Settlements: In Search of a Home in the City 305
Vanessa Watson


21. Urban Air Quality 317
Jonathan M. Samet


22. Urban Planning and Aesthetics 339
Carola Hein, Kalala Ngalamulume, and Kevin J. Robinson


23. Healthy Urban Governance 355
Scott Burris and Danielle Ompad


24. Global Business at the Local Level 371
Nicholas Freudenberg


25. Citizen Action for Urban Poverty Reduction in Low- and Middle-Income Nations 389
David Satterthwaite


26. City Case Studies Healthy Cities: Lessons Learned 405
Agis Tsouros and Geoff Green


27. The Healthy City Program in Shanghai 421
Fu Hua


28. Urban Health and Governance Model in Belo Horizonte, Brazil 437
Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Ana Luiza Nabuco, Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche, and Fernando
Augusto Proietti


29. Improving Population Health in a Rapidly Urbanizing World 453
Nicole Volavka-Close and Elliott D. Sclar


30. Future Directions 469
Jacob Kumaresan


Notes 483


Index 487

About the Author

David Vlahov, Ph.D., R.N., is senior vice president for research and director of the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies at the New York Academy of Medicine and professor of Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University. Jo Ivey Boufford, M.D., is president of The New York Academy of Medicine; professor of public service, health policy, and management at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; and clinical professor of pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. Clarence Pearson, M.P.H., is a former senior advisor to the World Health Organization at the United Nations. He conceived the series of global health books for Jossey-Bass and serves as the series' executive editor. Laurie Norris, M.A., is an intercultural communications consultant. She serves as managing editor for the global health series published by Jossey-Bass.