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Urban planning and public health in Africa : historical, theoretical and practical dimensions of a continent's water and sanitation problematic / by Ambe J. Njoh.
Van Pelt Library RA566.5.A35 N55 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Njoh, Ambe J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public Health.
- City planning--Health aspects.
- Urban health.
- Africa.
- Urbanization.
- Urban health--Africa.
- City planning--Health aspects--Africa.
- Public health--Africa.
- Public health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Public Health.
- Africa.
- Urbanization.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 237 pages illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
- Summary:
- Unlike other interpretations, this book claims that Africa's sanitation problems result, not from insufficient funds, but from institutional factors leading to logistical obstacles to performing simple practical steps. The authors see conventional technologies for sanitation in Africa as economically and culturally unsustainable, and emphasize the role of urban planning as a tool of public health. After a brief history of public health and the built environment, areas discussed include built space in Africa, and racism and racial segregation. Hygiene and sanitation conditions in various regions of Africa are described, and recommendations for access to improved solid waste disposal and sanitation technologies are given. A final chapter describes sustainable hygiene and sanitation strategies. The book contains b&w photos and maps. Njoh is affiliated with the University of South Florida. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- A brief history of public health and the built environment
- The state, ideology, health and built space in Africa
- Town planning, public health and the colonial project
- Racism versus health concerns as the rationale for racial segregation
- Public health implications of modernist planning
- Hygiene and sanitation conditions in west and central Africa
- Hygiene and sanitation in the Eastern and Southern Africa region
- Hygiene and sanitation in Northern Africa
- Solid waste disposal and sanitation technologies, and determinants
- Of access to improved sanitation
- Sustainable hygiene and sanitation strategies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409443186
- 1409443183
- 9781409443193
- 1409443191
- OCLC:
- 777364357
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