As more people worldwide live in cities, increasingly we need to understand how cities and city living affect population health. Does city living negatively affect health? Conversely, can city living enhance population health and well-being?

""This book takes a broad view of urban health, emphasizing urban social factors important to population health. The editors successfully bridge urban health inquiry and public health practice by combining descriptions of issues in urban health, methods used in urban health studies, and examples from practitioners.... Promoting health in cities requires an appreciation of the multiple levels of determinants that shape population health, and this handbook is a good starting point for such appreciation." Tord Kjellstrom, Visiting Professor of Swedish National Institute of Public Health and Visiting Fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University (Environmental Health Perspectives, January 2006).

An introduction to urban health 1. Urban Health: Population, methods, and practice Sandro Galea David Vlahov Section I: Populations 2. Homeless people Stephen W. Hwang James R. Dunn 3. Health of economically deprived populations in cities Patricia O'Campo Michael Yonas 4. Racial/ethnic minority and health: the role of the urbanenvironment Luisa N. Borrell Stephani L. Hatch 5. Sexual minority groups and urban health Ruth Finkelstein Julie Netherland 6. Health and health access among urban immigrants Sana Loue Nancy Mendez 7. The urban environment, drug use, and health Danielle Ompad Crystal Fuller 8. The health of children in cities M. Chris Gibbons Vijay Singh Kisha Braithwaite Bernard Guyer 9. Older adults: Guardians of our cities Linda Fried Jeremy Barron 10. The health of urban populations in developing countries: anoverview Mark R. Montgomery Alex C. Ezeh 11. Perspectives on the health of urban populations in Nepal Tej Kumar Karki 12. Integrative chapter: The health of urban populations The Editors Section II: Methods 13. An anthropological perspective on urban health Frances K. Barg Jane Kauer 14. Epidemiology and urban health research Sandro Galea David Vlahov 15. Design and analysis of group (or neighborhood) level urbanstudies Donald Hoover 16. Health services research in the city Michael K. Gusmano Victor G. Rodwin 17. Urban health in developing countries:insights from demographictheory and practice Mark R. Montgomery Alex C. Ezeh 18. Urban sociology and research methods on neighborhoods andhealth Joseph A. Soares 19. Bridging the gap between urban health and urban planning Marlon G. Boarnet Lois M. Takahashi 20. Environmental health studies: Environmental health methods forurban health Jonathan M. Samet Joseph H. Abraham 21. Cost-effectiveness analysis for urban health research Ahmed M. Bayoumi 22. Integrative chapter: Multi-disciplinary work and the study of urbanhealth The Editors Section III: Practice 23. Building healthy cities: A focus on interventions Jan C. Semenza 24. Building healthy cities: The World Health Organizationperspective Roderick J. Lawrence 25. Building healthy cities: Legal frameworks and considerations Wendy C. Perdue 26. Teaching urban health Nicholas Freudenberg Susan Klitzman 27. Strategies that promote health in cities: A local healthdepartment's perspective Mary T. Bassett Thomas R. Frieden Deborah R. Deitcher Thomas D. Matte 28. Providing health services to marginalized urban populations Anita Palepu Mark W. Tyndall 29. Integrative chapter: Teaching and practice for promoting healthin cities The Editors