Making unhealthy places: The built environment and non-communicable diseases in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

Health and Place

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 196-203

  Smit, Warren ^a   de Lannoy, Ariane ^a   Dover, Robert V H ^b   Lambert, Estelle V ^a   Levitt, Naomi ^a   Watson, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Cape Town; Non communicable diseases; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH IMPACT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL IMPACT;

KHAYELITSHA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

CATERING SERVICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; POVERTY; SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; POVERTY; SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84964834623     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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