The Poor die young : housing and health in Third World cities

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The Poor die young : housing and health in Third World cities

edited by Sandy Cairncross, Jorge E. Hardoy and David Satterthwaite

Earthscan, 1990

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Bibliography: p[290]-293.- Includes index

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Hundred of millions of people squat in the urban Third World. One in three of their children die before the age of five. Hospitals, doctors and dispensaries are either too far away from the settlements or far too expensive to use. The editors, all of whom have worked with squatters, use examples from Nigeria, India and Argentina to describe the scale of ill health, disablement and premature death among the people living in shanty towns. More importantly, they argue that health and housing conditions could be radically improved at relatively low cost, and show exactly how this can be done. Jorge Hardoy and David Satterthwaite co-authored "Squatter Citizen".

Table of Contents

  • The urban context
  • community action to address housing and health problems - the case of San Martin in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • housing and health in Olaleye-Iponri, a low income settlement in Lagos, Nigeria
  • housing and health in three squatter settlements in Allahabad, India
  • water supply and the urban poor
  • low cost sanitation
  • surface water drainage in urban areas
  • the collection and management of household garbage
  • the role of house design in limiting vector-borne disease
  • life saving services
  • the future city
  • new partnerships for healthy cities.

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