Slums, Space, and State of Health-A Link between Settlement Morphology and Health Data.

ABSTRACT: Approximately 1 billion slum dwellers worldwide are exposed to increased health risks due to their spatial environment. Recent studies have therefore called for the spatial environment to be introduced as a separate dimension in medical studies. Hence, this study investigates how and on which spatial scale relationships between the settlement morphology and the health status of the inhabitants can be identified. To this end, we summarize the current literature on the identification of slums from a geographical perspective and review the current literature on slums and health of the last five years (376 studies) focusing on the considered scales in the studies. We show that the majority of medical studies are restricted to certain geographical regions. It is desirable that the number of stu

SUBMITTER: Friesen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7143924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature