Briefing Materials

References

Alkire, Sabina and Deneulin, Séverine: The Human Development and Capability Approach  Human Development and Capability Association, 2009

Annez, Patricia Clarke and Linn, Johannes: An Agenda for Research on Urbanization in Developing Countries, World Bank, 2010

Chen, Lincoln: Keynote Address at Seminar on Human Security and Health. Institute for International Education New York, 2010

Cheng, Tsung-Mei: China’s Latest Health Reforms: A Conversation With Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu. Health Affairs, 2008

Friedmann, John: The Wealth of Cities: Towards an Assets Based Development of Newly Urbanizing Regions. First UN-Habitat Awards Ceremony, 2006. Published in Development and Change Vol. 38, 2007

Harpham, Trudy and Molyneux, Catherine: Urban Health in Developing Countries: A Review. Progress in Development Studies, 2001

Kjellstrom, Tord and Mercado, Susan: Towards Action for Health Equity in Urban Settings. International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008

Krasse, Fraukeet al: Megacities - Our Global Urban Future.  Earth Sciences for Society Foundation, 2005

Marmot, Michael: Health in an Unequal World. Royal College of Physicians, 2006

McGranahan, Gordon: Health and the Urban Environment - Revolutions Revisited. International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008

Nishtar, Sania: The Mixed Health Systems Syndrome. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010 

Norton, Robyn et al: Unintentional Injuries (Chapter in Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries). World Bank/Oxford University Press, 2006

Perlman, Janice and O'Meara Sheehan, Molly: Fighting Poverty and Environmental Injustice in Cities.Worldwatch Institute, 2007

Rayner Steve: Wicked Problems, Clumsy Solutions: Diagnoses and Prescriptions for Environmental Ills. ANSW, 2006.

Reddy, Srinath: The Effects of Globalisation on Cardiovascular Disease in India. Research Councils UK, Office in India, 2009

Siddiqi et al: Framework for Assessing Governance of The Health System in Developing Countries - Gateway to Good Governance. Health Policy, 2009

Sridhar, Devi and Gómez, Eduardo: Health Financing in Brazil, Russia and India: What Role Does the International Community Play? Health Policy and Planning, 2010

Torres, Haroldo da Gama: Social and Environmental Aspects of Peri-Urban Growth in Latin American Mega-Cities. United Nations, 2008

World Health Organization: Megacities and Urban Health, 2010

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Selected Other Reading

Anderson, Gerard et al: It's The Prices Stupid: Why the United States Is So Different From Other Countries. Health Affairs, 2003

Bhatniji, Rajaieet al: Health as Human Security in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The Lancet, 2009

Clark, Allen: Environment and Urbanization: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for HCMC..Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies and East West Center, 2009

Chen, Lincoln: Health as a Human Security Priority for the 21st Century. The Helsinki Process, 2004

Condon, Patrick et al: Urban Planning Tools for Climate Change Mitigation, Lincoln Institute, 2009

Costello, Anthony et al: Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change. Lancet-UCL Institute for Global Health Commission, 2009

Deaton, Angus: The Health and Wealth of Nations. Università degli Studi di Roma, 2007

Friedmann, John, The Prospect of Cities, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2002

Hald, May Sustainable Urban Development and the Chinese Eco-City. Fridtjof Nansen Institut, 2009

Marmot, Michael: BMA Presidency Acceptance Speech: Fighting the Alligators of Health Inequalities. British Medical Association, 2010.

Moudon, Ann Vernez: Healthy Cities and Urban Design: Quantifying the Built Environment, University of Pennsylvania, 2008

Mullan, Fitzhugh: Getting It Right: The Challenge of Building Health Workforces in Emerging Economies. EMS 2009ng Markets Symposium

Perlman, Janice: Environmental Justice. Mega-Cities Project, 2009

Perlman, Janice: Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro. Oxford, University Press, 2010

Perlman, Janice et al: Crosscutting Themes and Lessons Learned, Megacities Project, 1998

Knowledge Network for Urban Settings (KNUS): Our Cities, Our Health, Our Future: Acting on Social Determinants for Health Equity in Urban Settings, WHO, 2008

Sridhar, Devi: Foreign Policy and Global Health: Country Strategies 2008. Global Economic Governance Programme, University College, Oxford, 2009

Woods, Ngaire and RajaieBatniji: Averting a Crisis in Global Health: 3 Actions for the G20. Global Economic Governance Programme, University College, Oxford, 2010