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This analysis explores urbanization's health impact on vulnerable populations, suggesting impending humanitarian crises.
In 2008, the proportion of the world's population living in urban areas crossed the 50% mark. Drs. Ronak Patel and Thomas Burke write that urbanization is a health hazard for certain vulnerable populations, and this demographic shift threatens to create a humanitarian disaster.
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Patel et al. (2009) studied this question.
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