Epidemic urbanism : contagious diseases in global cities / edited by Mohammad Gharipour and Caitlin DeClercq.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gharipour, Mohammad, editor.

DeClercq, Caitlin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life--Health aspects.

City and town life.

Communicable diseases--Social aspects--History.

Communicable diseases.

Urban health--History.

Urban health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 pages) : color illustrations, maps

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Intellect Ltd, [2021]

Summary:

The recent pandemic has put into perspective the impact of epidemic illness on urban life and exposed the vulnerabilities of societies. Interdisciplinary case studies from across the globe explore what insights from the outbreak, experience, and response to previous epidemics might inform our understanding of the current world. 150 b/w illus.

"Epidemic illnesses--not only a product of biology, but also social and cultural phenomena--are as old as cities themselves. The outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019 brought the effects of epidemic illness on urban life into sharp focus, exposing the vulnerabilities of the societies it ravages as much as the bodies it infects. How might insights from the outbreak and responses to previous urban epidemics inform our understanding of the current world? With these questions in mind, Epidemic Urbanism gathers scholarship from a range of disciplines--including history, public health, sociology, anthropology, and medicine--to present historical case studies from across the globe, each demonstrating how cities are not just the primary place of exposure and quarantine, but also the site and instrument of intervention. They also demonstrate how epidemic illnesses, and responses to them, exploit and amplify social inequality in the communities they touch. Illustrated with more than 150 historical images, the essays illuminate the profound, complex ways epidemics have shaped the world around us and convey this information in a way that meaningfully engages a public readership." -- Amazon.com

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of contents

Preface

Prologue: Pandemics and Urban Health

Part 1 Urban Governance: Politics and Management

1 Plague in Sibiu and the First Quarantine Plan in Central Europe, 1510

Case study: Plague in Sibiu, 1510

Conclusion

Notes

2 Mughal Governance, Mobility, and Responses to the Plague in Agra, India, 1618-19

Case study: Plague in Agra, 1618-19

3 Urban Governance, Economic Intervention, and the Plague in Bristol, England, 1665-66

Case study: Bubonic plague in Bristol, 1665-66

4 Smallpox and the Specter of Mexican Citizenship, 1826

Case study: "A thing they call witchcraft": Vaccination in 1826

5 Complacency, Confusion, and the Mismanagement of Cholera in York, England, 1832

Case study: Cholera in York, 1832

6 Cholera, the Roman Aqueduct, and Urban Renewal in Naples, Italy, 1860-1914

Case study: The Neapolitan aqueduct

7 The Contested Governance of Border Railways and the Plague of Northeast China, 1910-11

Case study: The railway and response to the plague in 1910-11

8 Print, Politics, and the Smallpox Epidemic in Terre Haute, USA, 1902-3

Case study: Politics and controversies of quarantine and vaccination

9 Colonialism, Racism, and the Government Response to Bubonic Plague in Nairobi, Kenya, 1895-1910

Case study: Government intervention and bubonic plague in Nairobi, 1902-6

Part 2 Urban Life: Culture and Society

10 Women, Social Solidarities, and the Plague in 17th-Century Newcastle, England

Case study: Women health care workers in Newcastle, 1570-1637

Notes.

11 The Jewish Ghetto as a Space of Quarantine in Prague, 1713

Case study: Quarantine and cultural responses to the plague in Prague, 1713

12 Hygiene and Urban Life in the "District of Death" in 19th-Century Istanbul

Case study: Plague visibility in Galata-Pera

13 Religious Rituals and Cholera in the Shrine Cities of 19th-Century Iran

Case study: Cholera in 19th-century Qom and Mashhad

14 Social Life, Illness, and the Marketplace in Kumasi, Ghana, from the 20th Century to the Present

Case study: Kumasi's markets in public life and public health since 1900

15 The City as Field Hospital and the Influenza Epidemic in Seattle, USA, 1918-19

Case study: Prevention, isolation and treatment of disease in Seattle, 1918

16 Rural Migrants, Smallpox, and Civic Surgery in 20th-Century Baghdad, Iraq

Case study: Civic surgery and the campaign to eradicate smallpox

17 House, Social Life, and Smallpox in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1963

Case study: Smallpox in Kathmandu, 1963

18 Meningitis, Shared Environments, and Inequality in São Paulo, Brazil, 1971-75

Case study: Meningitis in São Paulo, 1971-75

Part 3 Urban Infrastructure: Permanence and Change

19 Epidemics and the Royal Control of Public Health in Lisbon, Portugal, 1480-95

Case study: Outbreaks of disease in Lisbon, 1480-95

20 The Guadalquivir River and Plague in Seville, Spain, in the 16th Century

Case study: Plague along the Guadalquivir River, 1582

21 Social Inequity and Hospital Infrastructure in the City of Puebla, Mexico, 1737

Case study: Matlazahuatl or plague epidemic in Puebla, 1737

22 Colonial Infrastructure, Ecology, and Epidemics in Dhaka, 1858-1947

Case study: Epidemics and colonial intervention in Dhaka

23 South American Health Conventions, Social Stratification, and the Ilha Grande Lazaretto in Brazil, 1886

Case study: The Ilha Grande Lazaretto, 1886

24 Plague, Displacement, and Ecological Disruption in Bombay, India, 1896

Case study: Plague in Bombay, 1896

25 French Urbanism, Vietnamese Resistance, and the Plague in Hanoi, Vietnam, 1885-1910

Case study: Colonial urban infrastructure and the third bubonic plague pandemic in Hanoi

26 Building a Community on Leprosy Island in the Philippines, 1898-1941

Case study: Leprosy and site segregation on Culion Island

27 Shifting Health Paradigms and Infrastructure in Australia in the 20th Century

Case study: Public health, urban environment, and the influenza epidemic in Australia, 1919

Part 4 Urban Design And Planning: Interventions and Implications

28 Urban Design, Social Epidemiology, and the Bubonic Plague of Palermo, Italy, 1575-76

Case study: Urban pandemic intervention in Palermo, 1575

29 Cholera and Housing Reform in Victorian London, England, 1850-1900

Case study: London housing as a matter of disease and care

30 Public Health, Urban Development, and Cholera in Tokyo, Japan, 1877-95

Case study: Cholera in Tokyo, 1877-95

31 The Hong Kong Plague and Public Parks in the British Settlements of Shanghai and Tianjin, China, 1894

Case study: The park system in British settlements in China, 1894

32 Rebuilding the British Seamen's Hospital at Smyrna in the Wake of Smallpox and Cholera Epidemics, 1892.

Case study: The hospital and sanitary urban space, 1894

33 Spatial Change and the Cholera Epidemic in Manila, the Philippines, 1902-4

Case study: Managing contagion in the Manila City Plan of 1905

34 Plague, Housing, and Battles over Segregation in Colonial Dakar, Senegal, 1914

Case study: Plague in Dakar, 1914

35 Urban Transformation and Public Health Policies in Post-Influenza Lagos, Nigeria, 1918

Case study: Influenza in Lagos Colony, 1918

36 Urban Landscape Transformations and the Malaria Control Scheme in Mauritius, 1948-51

Case study: From sanitation works to indoor residual spraying in Mauritius

37 Epilogue: Post-COVID Urbanism and Architecture

The Future

Note

Glossary

Bibliography

Authors' Biographies

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789384697

1789384699

9781789384680

1789384680