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Networked Disease: Emerging Infections in the Global City
S. Harris Ali
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Description for Networked Disease: Emerging Infections in the Global City
Paperback. A collection of writings by leading experts and newer researchers on the SARS outbreak and its relation to infectious disease management in progressively global and urban societies. . Editor(s): Ali, S. Harris; Keil, Roger. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
A collection of writings by leading experts and newer researchers on the SARS outbreak and its relation to infectious disease management in progressively global and urban societies.
- Presents original contributions by scholars from seven countries on four continents
- Connects newer thinking on global cities, networks, and governance in a post-national era of public health regulations and neo-liberalization of state services
- Provides an important contribution to the global public debate on the challenges of emerging infectious disease in cities
- Examines the impact of globalization on future infectious disease threats on international and local politics and culture
- Focuses on the ways pathogens interact with economic, political and social factors, ultimately presenting a threat to human development and global cities
- Employs an interdisciplinary approach to the SARS epidemic, clearly demonstrating the value of social scientific perspectives on the study of modern disease in a globalized world
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Urban and Social Change
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405161343
SKU
V9781405161343
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Ref
99-50
About S. Harris Ali
S. Harris Ali is a trained Environmental Sociologist and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto. His research interests involve the study of environmental health issues and the sociology of disasters and risk from an interdisciplinary perspective. He has published on toxic contamination events and disease outbreaks in such journals as Social Problems, Social Science and Medicine, The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, and the Journal of Canadian Public Policy. Roger Keil is the Director of the City Institute, and Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies, at York University, Toronto. His publications include Los Angeles: Urbanization, Globalization and Social Struggles; Nature and the City: Making Environmental Policy in Toronto and Los Angeles; and The Global Cities Reader. Keil is the co-editor of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research and a member of the International Network for Urban Research and Action.
Reviews for Networked Disease: Emerging Infections in the Global City
?Much interesting material and probing analysis can be found in this text, which is suitable for graduate students and academics concerned with the intersection between cities and health.? (Canadian Journal of Sociology, Summer 2009) ?This is a unique book that examines emerging infectious diseases through the lens of sociologists and would be an interesting reference for public-health practitioners, travel-health experts, infectious disease physicians, sociologists, and political scientists.? (The Lancet.com, October 2009) "In this unique and invaluable reconstruction of how the deadly SARS virus hitchhiked from China to Canada in 2002?03, we are squarely confronted with the enormous inadvertent biological consequences of economic globalization and the emergence of so-called 'world cities'." Mike Davis, University of California, Irvine "As both an urban/environmental sociologist and resident of Toronto during the 2003 SARS crisis, I have the highest praise for Networked Disease. The contributors have done a masterful job identifying the practical and theoretical challenges associated with the global spread of emerging infectious diseases. This cutting edge material should seriously engage academics, students, and practitioners in social geography, urban studies, public health, and environmental sociology." John Hannigan, University of Toronto