Healthy Cities of Tomorrow: the Case for Large Scale Built Environment-Health Studies.
In this article, the author discusses rise in the net benefits of living in cities which happens because more and more people clustering together in space generate more and more agglomeration benefits such as more and better services. Topics discussed include health benefits associated with disperse...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Urban Health Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 4 - 20 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2017
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| Sumario: | In this article, the author discusses rise in the net benefits of living in cities which happens because more and more people clustering together in space generate more and more agglomeration benefits such as more and better services. Topics discussed include health benefits associated with dispersed population, adverse impact of urbanized country over health leading to higher risks of infectious and chronic diseases; and relationship between urban density and costs and population health. |
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