Disease and Urbanization

Originally published in 1980, this book focusses attention on various aspects of disease ecology. A series of contrasts appear, between urban and rural, temperate and tropical, and affluent and poor communities. These socio-geographical contrasts are related to a further dichotomy between infectious (usually acute) diseases, and non-infectious (usually chronic) ones. The first part of the book is largely concerned with infectious disease, such as malaria and gastroenteritis, in rural/tropical/poor communities. The second discusses the often-antithetical combination of chronic disease in urban/temperate/affluent populations.

Product details

• Authors: E. J. Garlick Clegg
• Assisted by: E. J. Clegg (Editor), J. P. Garlick (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032253183
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3225318-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, HEALTH & FITNESS / Longevity, Illness & addiction: social aspects, History of Medicine, Infectious & contagious diseases, Tropical Medicine, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Infectious and contagious diseases, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Heart, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Respiratory