Njoh, Ambe J.

Urban planning and public health in Africa historical, theorectical and practical dimensions of a continent's water and sanitation problematic / [electronic resource] : Ambe J. Njoh. - Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2012. - xii, 237 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief history of public health and the built environment -- The state, ideology, health and built space in Africa -- Town planning, public health and the colonial project -- Racism versus health concerns as the rationale for racial segregation -- Public health implications of modernist planning -- Hygiene and sanitation conditions in west and central africa -- Hygiene and sanitation in the Eastern and Southern Africa region -- Hygiene and sanitation in Northern Africa -- Solid waste disposal and sanitation technologies, and determinants -- Of access to improved sanitation -- Sustainable hygiene and sanitation strategies.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






Urban health--Africa.
City planning--Health aspects--Africa.
Public health--Africa.


Electronic books.

RA566.5.A35 / N55 2012eb

362.1096

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