Urbanization is one of the major transformations, along with industrialization and economic
development, profoundly impacting human society and its living environment. Among the …

The world became mainly urban in 2007. It is thus timely to review the state of knowledge
about urban health and the current priorities for research and action. This article considers …

Over the next 20 years, most low-income countries will, for the first time, become more urban
than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities of the developing world is critical …

Founded in 1929, the Population Reference Bureau is the leader in providing timely,
objective information on US and international population trends and their implications. PRB …

Background: The world is experiencing the biggest wave of urban growth in history. The
association between urbanization and health at the global level, as well as the role of air …

Page 1 Chinmoy Sarkar Chris Webster John Gallacher EE HEALTHY CITIES Public Health
through Urban Planning Page 2 Healthy Cities Page 3 To Tapas, Ratna, Sarika, Rini and …

In the context of the rapid development of urbanization and increasing population mobility in
China, the outbreak of COVID-19 has had a significant impact on China's economy and …

The last major review of urban health in developing countries was published in 1992. At that
time, knowledge was largely limited to crude rural-urban comparisons and some ad hoc …

Clean water provision is considered crucial for eradicating waterborne diseases. However,
the benefits of piped water can be limited in environments characterized by the inadequate …

When did mortality first start to decline, and among whom? We build a large, new data set
with more than 30,000 scholars covering the sixteenth to the early twentieth century to …