02462nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10486825 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100708s2011 dcuab sb 001 0 eng d 2010028991 9780875530031 (alk. paper) 0875530036 (alk. paper) 9780875532608 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)754713876 RA566.7 .M44 2011eb 362.1/042 22 Megacities and global health [electronic resource] / editors, Omar Khan, Gregory Pappas ; [foreword by Ida Susser]. Washington, D.C. : American Public Health Association, c2011. xiii, 321 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Conceptual framework : megacities and public health / Greg Pappas -- The urban ecology of megacities / David Vlahov -- Housing, crowding, migration : case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh / Omar Rahman -- Emerging infectious disease threats in megacities : case study of Brazil / Mary Wilson -- Developing health indicators for megacities : case study of the European Urban Health Indicator System (EURO-URHIS) / Arpana Verma -- Environmental and occupational hazards : case study of Karachi, Pakistan / Greg Pappas & Zafar Fatmi -- Forced displacement of African-Americans in New York City and the international diffusion of MDR-HIV / Rodrick Wallace -- Megacities and disaster preparedness / Irshad Shaikh & Greg Pappas -- Tackling health issues in a megacity : case study from London / Neil Blackshaw -- Emergency response : case study of NYC / Linda Landesman -- Suburbs of megacities : case study of Los Angeles / Dennis Andrulis, Najia Siddiqui -- Public health impacts of megacities and primary care responses / Omar Khan, Tom Peterson. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Urban health. World health. Electronic books. local Khan, Omar A., 1973- Pappas, Gregory, 1952- Susser, Ida. American Public Health Association. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10486825 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 125342 125342