Urban Planning, Development and Non-communicable Diseases

Mala Rao, Francoise Barten, Neil Blackshaw, Jostacio Lapitan, Gauden Galea, Enrique Jacoby, Amit Samarth and Emmeline Buckley

Planning Practice & Research, 2011, vol. 26, issue 4, 373-391

Abstract: September 2011 will see heads of state and government from around the world gathering at a United Nations high-level meeting to discuss the problem of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for the first time. The decision to hold such a meeting demonstrates both that NCDs have finally been recognized as a global health threat and that national leaders are willing to take action to prevent, or at least mitigate, the burden of chronic diseases. In light of the upcoming high-level meeting, this paper focuses on the specific and unique, but under-used and under-appreciated, role of spatial planning as a means of tackling NCDs and the need for reconnecting with public health.

Date: 2011
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/02697459.2011.585569 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:cpprxx:v:26:y:2011:i:4:p:373-391

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/cppr20

DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2011.585569

Access Statistics for this article

Planning Practice & Research is currently edited by Vincent Nadin

More articles in Planning Practice & Research from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().