Urbanization and Slums: Infectious Diseases in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/25070

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Urbanization and Slums

Infectious Diseases in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop

(2018)

The urban built environment is a prime setting for microbial transmission, because just as cities serve as hubs for migration and international travel, components of the urban built environment serve as hubs that drive the transmission of infectious disease pathogens. The risk of infectious diseases for many people living in slums is further compounded by their poverty and their surrounding physical and social environment, which is often overcrowded, is prone to physical hazards, and lacks adequate or secure housing and basic infrastructure, including water, sanitation, or hygiene services.

To examine the role of the urban built environment in the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases that affect human health, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planned a public workshop. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Global Health; Forum on Microbial Threats; V. Ayano Ogawa, Cecilia Mundaca Shah, and Anna Nicholson, Rapporteurs

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Urbanization and Slums: Infectious Diseases in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25070.

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148 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-47439-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25070

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xx
1 Introduction	1-4
2 Perspectives on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in an Urban and Interconnected World	5-16
3 Understanding Infectious Disease Transmission in Urban Built Environments	17-34
4 Translating Conceptual Models of Infectious Disease Transmission and Control into Practice	35-60
5 Achieving Sustainable and Health-Promoting Urban Built Environments	61-88
6 Bridging Drivers and Interventions to Scale Up Successful Practices	89-104
Appendix A: References	105-112
Appendix B: Workshop Statement of Task	113-114
Appendix C: Workshop Agenda	115-118
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Moderators	119-128

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