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Conclusion - Urban Health Expeditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2021

Janna Coomans
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
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To many citizens in Euro-American countries today, invisibility is what defines good health interventions and functionality: from infrastructures, waste management, food production, to the more contested areas of dealing with (mental) illness, the elderly and the dead. At the same time, such a perception often ignores the fact that health-promoting activities and the pursuit of a clean and comfortable living environment in one place create hazardous circumstances elsewhere, for unknown others. The COVID-19 pandemic, which hit the world in 2020, has created a range of new or renewed visibilities, and a new awareness of the impact of prophylactic practices. It has emphasised how much public health relates to the organisation and use of urban space, and that measures to protect a population’s health profoundly affect daily lives, work, travel, education, social relations and local economies.

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Print publication year: 2021

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  • Urban Health Expeditions
  • Janna Coomans, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Book: Community, Urban Health and Environment in the Late Medieval Low Countries
  • Online publication: 17 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108924344.008
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  • Urban Health Expeditions
  • Janna Coomans, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Book: Community, Urban Health and Environment in the Late Medieval Low Countries
  • Online publication: 17 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108924344.008
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  • Urban Health Expeditions
  • Janna Coomans, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Book: Community, Urban Health and Environment in the Late Medieval Low Countries
  • Online publication: 17 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108924344.008
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