Networked disease : emerging infections in the global city / [edited by] S. Harris Ali and Roger Kei...
Networked disease : emerging infections in the global city / [edited by] S. Harris Ali and Roger Keil.
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Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N362.1962/3
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English
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Physical content
xxii, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Part I. Infectoius disease and globalized urbanization -- 1. Toward a dialectical understanding of networked disease in the global city: vulnerability, connectivity, topologies / Estair van Wagner -- 2. Health and disease in global cities : a neglected dimension of national health policy / Victor Ro...
Part IV. Re-emerging infectious disease, urban public health, and global biosecurity -- 10. Deadly alliances : death, disease, and the global politics of public health / Matthew Gandy -- 11. Tuberculosis and the anxieties of containment / Susan Craddock -- 12. Networks, disease, and the utopian impu...
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Publisher
Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2008.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Debates abound over just how prepared healthcare systems worldwide are to deal with the fallout from infectious diseases. Yet the urban aspects of such diseases 7F 13 particularly within the context of globalizing cities and the global cities network 7F 13 have been virtually ignored. This collection examines the impact of globalization on the tra...
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Networked disease : emerging infections in the global city / [edited by] S. Harris Ali and Roger Keil.
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Studies in urban and social change.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N362.1962/3
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74VMjj8K47m3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjj8K47m3
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362.1962
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991001224989702626
