World Cities Project: Books

The World Cities Project signature book, Growing Older In World Cities: New York, London, Paris and Tokyo presents the latest cross-national data on urban living conditions and health care for older people. The 416- page book may be purchased from Vanderbilt University Press. A synopsis, as well as additional books by World Cities Project Co-Directors Victor G. Rodwin and Michael K. Gusmano, can be found below.

GROWING OLDER IN WORLD CITIES: New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo
by Victor G. Rodwin, Michael K. Gusmano, and contributors.

Population aging often provokes fears of impending social security deficits, uncontrollable medical expenditures, and transformations in living arrangements, but public policy could also stimulate social innovations. These issues are typically studied at the national level; yet they must be resolved where most people live—in diverse neighborhoods in cities.

New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo are the four largest cities among the wealthiest, most developed nations of the world. The essays commissioned for this volume compare what it is like to grow older in these cities with respect to health care, quality of life, housing, and long-term care. The contributors look beyond aggregate national data to highlight the importance of how local authorities implement policies. Buy the Book

About the Authors

Victor G. Rodwin, Ph.D. Dr. Rodwin is co-director of the World Cities Project, a joint venture of the ILC-USA, the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, where he is Professor of Health Policy and Management. He is a recipient of a 1999 Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Awards in Health Policy for his research project on "Health and Megacities: New York, London, Paris and Tokyo." At New York University, Dr. Rodwin teaches courses on health policy, comparative analysis of health systems, and community health and medical care. For more information, visit Dr. Rodwin's Web pages at New York University. Additional Books by Victor G. Rodwin Universal Health Insurance in France: How Sustainable? Essays on the French Health Care System, published by Embassy of France, Washington D.C. Download the Book

Michael K. Gusmano, Ph.D. Dr. Gusmano is co-director of the World Cities Project, a joint venture of the ILC-USA, the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, and the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, where he is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management. A recipient of a 1995 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Fellowship, he teaches courses on health policy, comparative analysis of health systems, and long-term care policy. For more information, visit Dr. Gusmano's Web pages at Columbia University. Additional Books by Michael K. Gusmano "Healthy Voices, Unhealthy Silence: Advocacy and Health Policy for the Poor," avaliable from Georgetown University Press. Buy the Book