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Public Health in Megacities and Urban Areas: A Conceptual Framework

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Health in Megacities and Urban Areas

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In this chapter, first, we will briefly discuss worldwide urbanisation processes with major dimensions of public health challenges in megacities and urban areas. Second, we present some empirical findings from public health surveys conducted in the megacity of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Third, a conceptual framework is proposed based on our research on megacities within the framework of the German Research Foundation’s priority programme “Megacities – Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change” and forth, a description of the burden of disease – classified as group I, II and III diseases – in urban areas including their determinants are presented. Lastly, strategies to improve the quality of life in megacities and urban areas are discussed.

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    One lost DALY represents one lost year of healthy life in a given population.

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  1. Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

    Alexander Krämer, Md. Mobarak Hossain Khan & Heiko J Jahn

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Krämer, A., Khan, M.M.H., Jahn, H.J. (2011). Public Health in Megacities and Urban Areas: A Conceptual Framework. In: Krämer, A., Khan, M., Kraas, F. (eds) Health in Megacities and Urban Areas. Contributions to Statistics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2733-0_1

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