Health problems associated with the built environment in areas of rapid urbanization and poverty

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-396

  Grierson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built Environment; Health Problems; Poverty; Social Exclusion; Sustainable Development; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051533811     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v02i03/52317     Document Type: Article

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