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The urban transformation: health, shelter and climate change

Brown, Peter; Sclar, Elliott; Volavka-Close, Nicole

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1. Understanding the twenty-first century urban transformation : a global south perspective / Elliott Sclar and Nicole Volavka-Close -- 2. Evolving urban health risks : housing, water and sanitation, and climate change / Gordon McGranahan -- 3. Urban health systems / Trudy Harpham -- 4. Healthy urban governance and population health : participatory budgeting in Belo Horizonte, Brazil / David Vlahov and Waleska T. Caiaffa -- 5. Addressing health vulnerabilities of the urban poor in the 'new urban settings' of Asia / Susan Mercado. [et al.] -- 6. The need for shelter finance improvements / Diana Mitlin -- 7. Innovations in shelter finance / Diana Mitlin -- 8. Investing in urban water and sanitation systems / Sophie Tremolet, Rachel Cardone and Catarina Fonseca -- 9. Perceiving the social and economic consequences of natural disaster shocks or getting ready for climate change / John C. Mutter -- 10. The urbanization of climate change : responding to a new global challenge / William Solecki. [et al.].

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The Urban Transformation: Health, Shelter and Climate Change

Sclar, Elliott D.; Volavka-Close, Nicole; Brown, Peter

For the first time in history, half of the world's population lives in urban areas and it is expected that, by 2050, that figure will rise to above two-thirds. A large proportion of this urban growth will be taking place in the cities of the developing world, where the provision of adequate health, shelter, water and sanitation and climate change adaptation efforts for rapidly-growing urban populations will be an urgent priority. This transition to an urban world could be a negative transformation; but, if well-planned, it could also offer an unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives o