Urban planning, development and non-communicable diseases

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-391

  Mala, Rao ^a   Barten, Francoise ^a   Blackshaw, Neil ^a   Lapitan, Jostacio ^a   Galea, Gauden ^a   Jacoby, Enrique ^a   Samarth, Amit ^a   Buckley, Emmeline ^a  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL PLANNING; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 80052229114     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2011.585569     Document Type: Article

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