Spatial Inequalities Health, Poverty, and Place in Accra, Ghana /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Weeks, John R. (Editor), Hill, Allan G. (Editor), Stoler, Justin. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: GeoJournal Library, 110
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Remote sensing.; Public health.; Urban Ecology.; Demography.; Human Geography.; Social Sciences.; Public Health.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6732-4

This book provides a fresh analysis of the demography, health and well-being of a major African city. It brings a range of disciplinary approaches to bear on the pressing topics of urban poverty, urban health inequalities and urban growth. The approach is primarily spatial and includes the integra...

Table of Contents:

• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: Introduction: 1: Introduction to the Accra School: An Overview of Health, Poverty, and Place in Accra: John R. Weeks, Allan G. Hill, and Justin Stoler
• Part II: Accra<U+0019>s Urban Morphology and Neighborhood Structure
• 2: Defining Neighborhood Boundaries for Urban Health Research: A Case Study of Accra, Ghana: Ryan Engstrom, Caetlin Ofiesh, David Rain, Henry Jewell, and John Weeks
• 3: Neighborhoods of Health: Comparing boundaries for measuring contextual effects on health in Accra, Ghana: Marta Jankowska
• 4: Delineation and Classification of Urban Neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana, from Quickbird Imagery: Manual vs. Semi-Automated Approaches: Christopher D. Lippitt, Douglas A. Stow, Sory Toure, and Milo Vejraska
• 5: Methods for Texture-based Classification of Urban Fringe Areas from Medium and High Resolution Satellite Imagery: Lasse Ml̜ler-Jensen
• Part III: Health and Well-being in Accra<U+0019>s Neighborhoods: 6: Exploring Social Resilience among Young Migrants in Old Fadama, an Accra Slum: Raymond Asare Tutu
• 7: Researching Urban Slum Health in Nima, a Slum in Accra: Emmanuel Aggrey-Korsah, Joseph Oppong
• 8: What if Neighbors' Neighborhoods Differ? The Influence of Neighborhood Definitions of Health Outcomes in Accra: Alex Zvoleff, Li An, Justin Stoler, John R. Weeks
• 9: Living Arrangements and Fertility: A Case Study in Southern Ghana: Magdalena Benza
• 10: Fertility in Context: Exploring Egocentric Neighborhoods in Accra: John R. Weeks, Justin Stoler, Allan G. Hill, Alex Zvoleff
• Part IV: Neighborhood Structure: Implications for the Future Provision of Health Services: 11: The Sachet Water Phenomenon in Accra: Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Public Health Implications for Water Security
• Justin Stoler
• 12: Healthcare Access In Three Residential Neighborhoods In Accra, Ghana: Godwin Arku, Paul Mkandawire, Isaac Luginaah, and Philip Baiden
• 13: Food Security in Accra: Anna Carla Lopez-Carr
• Index.