Urban Green Space, Health Economics and Air Pollution in Delhi [Paperback]

1.Introduction: Urban Green Spaces: concept and significance 2. Green Spaces of Delhi: A Journey from Past to Present 3. Breathing a Breathless Way: Air Pollution in Delhi 4. The Health Challenges in Delhi 5. Healthcare Management: Investment and Expenditure 6. Green Health Insurance: Willingness to Pay 7. Conclusion and Suggestions

This book looks at the ecological stress on cities and engages with challenges of reducing vulnerabilities and risks of pollution on the health, well-being and livelihoods of people living in developing countries. Cities are the worlds highest energy consumption and the biggest producers of toxic wastes and pollutants.

 

This book looks at the ecological stress on cities and engages with challenges of reducing vulnerabilities and risks of pollution on the health, well-being and livelihoods of people living in developing countries. Cities are the worlds highest energy consumers and the biggest producers of toxic wastes and pollutants.

With an emphasis on the environmental issues facing the city of Delhi, the volume focuses on steps to preserve and manage the citys urban green spaces. It explores the concept of urban green spaces and their economic, social, health, and psychological significance in cities. Drawing from their fieldwork and research in Delhi, the authors identify the sources of pollution in the city and access the role of urban green spaces in countering adverse effects. They further examine the relationship between green spaces and social and economic development, urban health, and urban governance. They highlight the good practices followed by other global cities. The volume also offers suggestions and policy recommendations to reverse and recover ecological balance in cities.

This book will be of interest to students and researchers of environment and ecology, public health, urban planning and governance, development studies, urls9