Includes bibliographical references and index.

A framework for the study of urban health / Sandro Galea, Nicholas Freudenberg, David Vlahov -- Changing living conditions; changing health : US cities since World War II / Nicholas Freudenberg, Sandro Galea, David Vlahov -- The urban social environment and its effects on health / Adam Coutts, Ichiro Kawachi -- The urban physical environment and its effects on health / Susan Klitzman, Thomas D. Matte, Daniel E. Kass -- Access to high-quality health care in U.S. cities : balancing community need and service system survival / Dennis P. Andrulis -- Food, nutrition and the health of urban populations / Ming-Chin Yeh, David L. Katz --

Public health in U.S. cities : a historical perspective / David Rosner -- Cities, suburbs, and urban sprawl : their impact on health / Howard Frumkin -- Fifty ways to destroy a city : undermining the social foundation of health / Mindy Thompson Fullilove -- A developing world perspective : health and deficiencies in provision for water and sanitation in urban areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean / Gordon McGranhan, David Satterthwaite -- Cities and infectious diseases : controls and challenges / David Vlahov, Emily Gibble --

Traumatic stressors in urban settings : consequences and implications / Kenneth J. Ruggiero ... [et al.] -- Mental health in the city / Sandro Galea, Michaeline Bresnahan, Ezra Susser -- Methodological considerations in the study of urban health : how do we best assess how cities affect health? / Sandro Galea, Amy Schulz -- Interventions to improve urban health / Nicholas Freudenberg -- Creating healthier cities : where do we go from here? / David Vlahov, Sandro Galea, Nicholas Freudenberg.