Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city最新文献

Feminised urban futures, healthy cities and violence against women and girls 女性化的城市未来、健康城市以及针对妇女和女孩的暴力行为

Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city Pub Date : 2020-08-18 DOI: 10.7765/9781526150943.00008

C. McIlwaine, Miriam Krenzinger, Yara Evans, E. Silva

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Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city Pub Date : 2020-08-18 DOI: 10.7765/9781526150943.00001

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Violence as a language of construction and deconstruction in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil 里约热内卢与巴西的暴力作为一种建构与解构的语言

Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city Pub Date : 2020-08-18 DOI: 10.7765/9781526150943.00013

Luiz Eduardo Soares

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Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city Pub Date : 2020-08-18 DOI: 10.7765/9781526150943.00015

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The food environment and health in African cities 非洲城市的食物环境和健康

Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city Pub Date : 2020-08-18 DOI: 10.7765/9781526150943.00011

W. Smit

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Mental health, stress and the contemporary metropolis 心理健康、压力与当代都市

Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city Pub Date : 2020-08-18 DOI: 10.7765/9781526150943.00007

N. Rose

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