Why urbanisation and health?

Why urbanisation and health?

Authors

  • Andrea Lenzi President Health City Institute; President National Committee for Biosafety, Biotechnology and Life Sciences of Prime Minister and President Health City Institute

Keywords:

urbanisation, health

Abstract

In 2007 more than 50% of the world’s population were living in metropolitan cities, which was the first time in history that the urban population level had risen above 50%.The urban population have grown ever since and will continue to do so according WHO estimates. By 2030it has been estimated that 6 people out of 10 will live in urban agglomerates and an estimate of 70% of the inhabitants will be living in urban environments by 2050. ...

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Published

23-05-2019

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Section

EDITORIAL

How to Cite

1.
Lenzi A. Why urbanisation and health?. Acta Biomed. 2019;90(2):181-183. doi:10.23750/abm.v90i2.8354