Book chapter
Advancing Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment
Advancing Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment
23 Mar 2017
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Abstract
The genesis of an interdisciplinary program on urban health and wellbeing was a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the occasion of the 27th General Assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU) in September, 2002. With the support of ICSU Executive Director, Dr. Thomas Roswall, the meeting was convened by Professor Marvalee Wake, President of the International Union of Biological Sciences. It was attended by representatives of nine ICSU member Unions
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- Title
- Advancing Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment
- Creators
- Franz W. Gatzweiler - Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, ChinaYong-Guan Zhu - Chinese Academy of sciencesAnna V. Diez Roux - School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USAAnthony Capon - United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and MobilityChristel Donnelly - Imperial College LondonGérard Salem - University of ParisHany M. Ayad - Alexandria UniversityIlene Speizer - Department of Maternal and Child Health, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, USAIndira Nath - National Institute of PathologyJo I. Boufford - New York Academy of MedicineKeisuke Hanaki - University of TokyoLuuk C. Rietveld - Delft University of TechnologyPierre Ritchie - Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaSaroj Jayasinghe - University of ColomboSusan Parnell - University of Cape TownYi Zhang - Chinese Academy of sciences
- Publication Details
- Advancing Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment
- Series
- Urban Health and Wellbeing
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore; Singapore
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000461935200004
- Other Identifier
- 991019169549204721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Urban Studies