A Geographical Exploration of Urban Risk and COVID-19: An Innovative and Systematic Approach

Subhash Anand · B. Srinagesh · R.B. Singh

nov 2023 · Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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The term ‘health’ covers physical, social, mental, emotional, and environmental health. Good health helps us to lead a peaceful and happy life. Human health is a fundamental right which is closely linked to the functions and lifestyles of the people in the urban and peri-urban areas. This book addresses the situation of COVID-19 and its implications for other health issues, providing the solutions to science and society which can be applied for sustainable policy and decision making. It shows that we must enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience, reduce vulnerability, and take risk mitigation measures which need a systematic approach based on the science- policy interface that is transformative for a sustainable future. This book offers a valuable guide for planners, policy makers, practitioners, scientists, the academic community and civil society organizations, as well as anyone concerned about sustainable health and wellbeing.

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Subhash Anand is a professor at the Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. He has to his credit 7 books and 70 research papers, articles and chapters in highly reputed journals and books. Professor Anand is Vice Chair of the Commission on Geoheritage, International Geographical Union (IGU), and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks.

Professor B. Srinagesh is a professor at the Department of Geography, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He specializes in the areas of urban geography, health geography, and climate change. He has authored books, including Urban Health Risk and Resilience in Asian Cities. He has published around 50 research papers and articles in various international and national journals.

Professor R. B. Singh was a professor at Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. He was the first Indian geographer to become both IGU Secretary General and Treasurer and International Council for Science (ICSU) Scientific Committee Member. He has to his credit 15 books, 37 edited research volumes and more than 240 research papers published in national and international journals.