Konteh Frederick Hassan
The York Management School, Centre for Health and Public Services Management, The University of York, Sally Baldwin Buildings Block A, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Health Place. 2009 Mar;15(1):69-78. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.02.003. Epub 2008 Feb 20.
The dichotomy in development trajectories of urbanisation, industrialization and economic change, and the associated environmental health challenges, between the industrialised nations and the developing world, could offer useful lessons, especially for the latter. This paper examines points of convergence in the underlying factors and theories, underpinning urbanisation, sanitation and health in the 19th century industrialised nations and the developing world and explores the major reasons why many low income countries have not managed to redress their urban sanitation and health problems. It concludes that any meaningful developments in low income countries may require strategies, policies and actions, which emphasise local realities over and above global concerns and priorities.
工业化国家与发展中世界在城市化、工业化和经济变革的发展轨迹以及相关环境卫生挑战方面存在的差异，可能会提供有益的经验教训，尤其是对发展中世界而言。本文考察了19世纪工业化国家和发展中世界在城市化、卫生设施与健康方面的潜在因素和理论中的趋同点，并探究了许多低收入国家未能解决其城市卫生设施和健康问题的主要原因。本文得出结论，低收入国家的任何有意义的发展可能都需要战略、政策和行动，这些战略、政策和行动应更加强调地方实际情况而非全球关注的问题和优先事项。
