This book deviates from convention by suggesting non-financial factors as the source of sanitation problems on the continent of Africa, and argues the need to re-connect urban planning to public health. These two professions are consanguine relatives and emerged to combat the negative externalities of the industrial revolution and concomitant urbanization. However, with the passage of time, the professions drifted apart. Today, more than ever, there is a need for the two to be re-connected. This book is the first major academic work to demonstrate the inextricably intertwined nature of urban planning and urban public health.…mehr
This book deviates from convention by suggesting non-financial factors as the source of sanitation problems on the continent of Africa, and argues the need to re-connect urban planning to public health. These two professions are consanguine relatives and emerged to combat the negative externalities of the industrial revolution and concomitant urbanization. However, with the passage of time, the professions drifted apart. Today, more than ever, there is a need for the two to be re-connected. This book is the first major academic work to demonstrate the inextricably intertwined nature of urban planning and urban public health.
Contents: Preface A brief history of public health and the built environment The state, ideology, health and built space in Africa Town planning, public health and the colonial project Racism versus health concerns as the rationale for racial segregation Public health implications of modernist planning Hygiene and sanitation conditions in West and Central Africa Hygiene and sanitation in the Eastern and Southern Africa region Hygiene and sanitation in Northern Africa Solid waste disposal and sanitation technologies, and determinants of access to improved sanitation Sustainable hygiene and sanitation strategies References Index.
Contents: Preface A brief history of public health and the built environment The state, ideology, health and built space in Africa Town planning, public health and the colonial project Racism versus health concerns as the rationale for racial segregation Public health implications of modernist planning Hygiene and sanitation conditions in West and Central Africa Hygiene and sanitation in the Eastern and Southern Africa region Hygiene and sanitation in Northern Africa Solid waste disposal and sanitation technologies, and determinants of access to improved sanitation Sustainable hygiene and sanitation strategies References Index.
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