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The Pertinence of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches For Urban Health Challenges
1. The Pertinence of Interdisciplinary & Transdisciplinary Contributions for Urban Health Challenges Professor Roderick J. Lawrence University of Geneva Switzerland [email_address]
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4. INTERDISCIPLINARITY: A Systemic Interpretation Living Conditions Behaviour Lifestyle HEALTH STATUS Environment, Micro & Macro Affordable Primary Health Care Socio-Economic Status Personal Characteristics Information Media Marketing Policy Agendas, National & Local Education, Employment Status
10. S PATIAL ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT DATABASES Database for each individual and household included in the housing and health survey SPSS Database of results of field work & survey SPSS Geo-referenced data and statistics of municipalities Geo-referenced data of population and housing stock Geo-referenced data of socio-health information Topographical maps Links
11. ADDED VALUE OF ONE HEALTH APPROACH Admits complexity and change. Recognizes the need for a broad systemic conceptual framework. Encourages interdisciplinary contributions. Seeks to relate research findings to policy definition & implementation. We recommend that: More attention is given to the social and economic factors that influence human health, animal and environmental health and the interrelations between them.
12. REFERENCES Lawrence, R. (2001). Human Ecology. In M. Tolba (ed.) Our Fragile World: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable development, Volume 1 . Oxford: EOLSS Publishers, pp.675-693. Lawrence, R. & C. Després (eds.) (2004). Futures of transdisciplinarity. Futures , 36, 4, (special issue). Lawrence, R. (2005). Building healthy cities: the World health organization perspective. In S. Galea & D. Vlahov (eds). Handbook of urban health: populations, methods and practice . Springer, New York, pp. 479-501. Lawrence, R. (2010). Beyond disciplinary confinement to transdisciplinarity. In V. Brown, J.Harris & J. Russell (eds.) Tackling wicked problems through the transdisciplinary imagination . London, Earthscan, 2010, pp.16-30.