NDLI: Making unhealthy places: The built environment and non-communicable diseases in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

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Making unhealthy places: The built environment and non-communicable diseases in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

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Author	Smit, Warren de Lannoy, Ariane Dover, Robert V. H. Lambert, Estelle V. Levitt, Naomi Watson, Vanessa
Copyright Year	2016
Description	Journal: Health & place In this paper, we examine how economic, social and political forces impact on NCDs in Khayelitsha (a predominantly low income area in Cape Town, South Africa) through their shaping of the built environment. The paper draws on literature reviews and ethnographic fieldwork undertaken in Khayelitsha. The three main pathways through which the built environment of the area impacts on NCDs are through a complex food environment in which it is difficult to achieve food security, an environment that is not conducive to safe physical activity, and high levels of depression and stress (linked to, amongst other factors, poverty, crime and fear of crime). All of these factors are at least partially linked to the isolated, segregated and monofunctional nature of Khayelitsha. The paper highlights that in order to effectively address urban health challenges, we need to understand how economic, social and political forces impact on NCDs through the way they shape built environments
Related Links	https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82330442.pdf
Ending Page	203
Page Count	8
Starting Page	196
ISSN	13538292
e-ISSN	18732054
DOI	10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.04.006
Journal	Health & place
Volume Number	39
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier BV
Publisher Date	2016-05-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Health & place Urban Studies Built Environment Cape Town Non-communicable Diseases South Africa
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Geography, Planning and Development Life-span and Life-course Studies Health (social science) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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