Health and wellbeing in the changing urban environment: Complex challenges, scientific responses, and the way forward

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 465-472

  Bai, Xuemei ^a   Nath, Indira ^b   Capon, Anthony ^c   Hasan, Nordin ^d   Jaron, Dov ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Malaysia)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84867647030     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.09.009     Document Type: Review

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