Women's health and the world's cities

Collection of essays examines the impact of urban living on the physical and psychological states of women and girls in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Urban planners, scholars, medical practitioners, and activists present original research and ideas. They consider the specific needs of subpopulations of urban women and evaluate strategies for designing spaces, services, and infrastructure in ways that promote women's health. Provides urban planners and public health care providers with on-the-ground examples of projects and policies that have changed women's lives for the better. From publisher description.

שנה

2011

שפה

English

סדרה

The city in the twenty-first century

הוצאה

University of Pennsylvania Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

332

ISBN

9780812243536

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