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August 19, 2009New England Journal of Medicine155 citationsOpen Access

Urbanization — An Emerging Humanitarian Disaster

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RPRonak PatelTBThomas F. Burke

Key Points

  • The paper examines the health risks associated with urbanization for vulnerable populations and its potential to lead to humanitarian disasters.
  • Analysis of population data on urbanization
  • Review of health hazards linked to urban living
  • Discussion of demographic shifts and their implications
  • Urban areas host rising health risks for certain vulnerable groups.
  • The shift in population demographics exacerbates existing inequalities.
  • The increasing urbanization trend may lead to widespread humanitarian crises.

Abstract

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.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0dc30c389a567298baab5bhttps://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp0810878
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