Author Description

This Volume Brings Together Some Of The World's Foremost Experts In Urban Development With The Aim Of Approaching The Issues Of Urban Growth And Transformation As An Opportunity For Real Positive Change. Understanding The Twenty-first Century Urban Transformation: A Global South Perspective / Elliott Sclar And Nicole Volavka-close -- Evolving Urban Health Risks: Housing, Water And Sanitation, And Climate Change / Gordon Mcgranahan -- Urban Health Systems / Trudy Harpham -- Healthy Urban Governance And Population Health: Participatory Budgeting In Belo Horizonte, Brazil / David Vlahov And Waleska T. Caiaffa -- Addressing Health Vulnerabilities Of The Urban Poor In The New Urban Settings Of Asia / Susan Mercado [and Others] -- The Need For Shelter Finance Improvements / Diana Mitlin -- Innovations In Shelter Finance / Diana Mitlin -- Investing In Urban Water And Sanitation Systems / Sophie Trémolet, Rachel Cardone, And Catarina Fonseca -- Perceiving The Social And Economic Consequences Of Natural Disaster Shocks, Or, Getting Ready For Climate Change / John C. Mutter -- The Urbanization Of Climate Change: Responding To A New Global Challenge / William Solecki [and Others]. Edited By Elliott D. Sclar, Nicole Volavka-close And Peter Brown. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.