[PDF] Unhealthy Cities eBook

Author : Kevin Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136915281

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The purpose of this book is to show the important role that space and place plays in the health of urban residents, particularly those living in high poverty ghettos. The book brings together research and writing from a variety of disciplines to demonstrate the health costs of being poor in America’s cities. Both authors are committed to raising awareness of structural factors that promote poverty and injustice in a society that proclaims its commitment to equality of opportunity. Our health is often dramatically affected by where we live; some parts of the city seem to be designed to make people sick. The book is intended for students and professionals in urban sociology, medical sociology, public health, and community planning.

Author : Kevin M. Fitzpatrick
Publisher :
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 15,13 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Medical
ISBN :

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First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Kevin Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1135961182

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Unhealthy Places focuses on issues of health in today's cities. By arguing that place matters in relation to the population's health, Kevin Fitzpatrick and Mark LaGory make a convincing argument about the general unhealthiness of urban environments and, thus, of the urban dweller. The authors offer a place-oriented approach to health and cover such topics as the ecology of everyday urban life, the sociology of health, needs and risks of the socially disadvantaged, needs and risks of children and the elderly in cities, and strategies for better health services in urban environments.

Author : Kevin Fitzpatrick
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 11,15 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN :

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The purpose of this book is to show the important role that space and place plays in the health of urban residents, particularly those living in high poverty ghettos. The book brings together research and writing from a variety of disciplines to demonstrate the health costs of being poor in America's cities. Both authors are committed to raising awareness of structural factors that promote poverty and injustice in a society that proclaims its commitment to equality of opportunity. Our health is often dramatically affected by where we live; some parts of the city seem to be designed to make people sick. The book is intended for students and professionals in urban sociology, medical sociology, public health, and community planning.

Author : Duncan Bell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1350103764

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What can political theory teach us about architecture, and what can it learn from paying closer attention to architecture? The essays assembled in this volume begin from a common postulate: that architecture is not merely a backdrop to political life but a political force in its own right. Each in their own way, they aim to give countenance to that claim, and to show how our thinking about politics can be enriched by reflecting on the built environment. The collection advances four lines of inquiry, probing the connection between architecture and political regimes; examining how architecture can be constitutive of the ethical and political realm; uncovering how architecture is enmeshed in logics of governmentality and in the political economy of the city; and asking to what extent we can think of architecture-tributary as it is to the flows of capital-as a partially autonomous social force. Taken together, the essays demonstrate the salience of a range of political theoretical approaches for the analysis of architecture, and show that architecture deserves a place as an object of study in political theory, alongside institutions, laws, norms, practices, imaginaries, and discourses.

Author : Norman B. Ackerman
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,62 MB
Release : 2010-06-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1615928626

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My self-image improved. I could buy clothes anywhere! - A patient's success storyDangerously overweight people suffer daily from the negative social, psychological, and physical consequences of excessive weight. The most serious consequence is the great risk to health that obesity presents. For people who weigh 100 or more pounds over their ideal weight, diets, exercise, and other forms of weight loss just don't work.Fat No More is the amazing story of the surgical solutions that many are seeking. Dr. Ackerman, who has devoted two decades to helping those who fear there's no hope left, offers surgical answers to morbid obesity, from stomach stapling and intestinal bypass to lyposuction and more. This is the complete guide for those who choose these solutions and for those who provide them.Using the latest research, the author examines the physical and psychological aspects of obesity; discusses his personal experiences in treatment; and offers many success stories of patients who are living new lives, liberated from overeating and excessive weight.Norman B. Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D., is professor emeritus of surgery at New York Medical College.