SUSTAINABLE URBAN HEALTH IN DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES

This paper analyses how health-sector professionals view the discussio n of sustainability, takes these discussions further by applying the c oncept to urban health, and compares key issues of sustainable urban h ealth with other aspects of sustainable develop ment. The health secto r's respective emphasis on health services versus environmental health is discussed and current action within the World Health Organisation' s Healthy City projects is considered in the light of sustainable urba n health. Finally, a discussion of the concept ''think globally, act l ocally'' is considered and the proposal to ''think locally, act global ly'' is presented in relation to the UN Summit on Human Settlements, H abitat II. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.