Urban Mobility and a Healthy City: Intertwined Transport and Public Health Policies in American-Colonial Manila

Urban Mobility and a Healthy City: Intertwined Transport and Public Health Policies in American-Colonial Manila

During the early American-colonial period (1898–1913) mobility and public health became intertwined policy areas. Innovations in transport technology and infrastructure were introduced to “cure” Manila’s unhealthy geography. In 1906 the Municipal Board institutionalized health and mobility as twin c...

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Main Author: Pante, Michael D.;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-41202024-08-07T03:42:03Z Urban Mobility and a Healthy City: Intertwined Transport and Public Health Policies in American-Colonial Manila Pante, Michael D.; During the early American-colonial period (1898–1913) mobility and public health became intertwined policy areas. Innovations in transport technology and infrastructure were introduced to “cure” Manila’s unhealthy geography. In 1906 the Municipal Board institutionalized health and mobility as twin concerns by establishing the Department of Sanitation and Transportation. Intertwining health and mobility seemed rational for colonial governance, but its irrationalities soon came to light. In dissecting this understudied aspect of American colonialism, thisarticle provides new insights not just on the links between empire and technology but also on the concept of the colonial city as applied to early–twentieth-century Manila.Keywords: urban transportation • tropical medicine • municipal governance • colonial city 2016-03-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol64/iss1/4 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.4120 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4120/viewcontent/6257.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description During the early American-colonial period (1898–1913) mobility and public health became intertwined policy areas. Innovations in transport technology and infrastructure were introduced to “cure” Manila’s unhealthy geography. In 1906 the Municipal Board institutionalized health and mobility as twin concerns by establishing the Department of Sanitation and Transportation. Intertwining health and mobility seemed rational for colonial governance, but its irrationalities soon came to light. In dissecting this understudied aspect of American colonialism, thisarticle provides new insights not just on the links between empire and technology but also on the concept of the colonial city as applied to early–twentieth-century Manila.Keywords: urban transportation • tropical medicine • municipal governance • colonial city
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author Pante, Michael D.;
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Urban Mobility and a Healthy City: Intertwined Transport and Public Health Policies in American-Colonial Manila
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title Urban Mobility and a Healthy City: Intertwined Transport and Public Health Policies in American-Colonial Manila
title_short Urban Mobility and a Healthy City: Intertwined Transport and Public Health Policies in American-Colonial Manila
title_full Urban Mobility and a Healthy City: Intertwined Transport and Public Health Policies in American-Colonial Manila
title_fullStr Urban Mobility and a Healthy City: Intertwined Transport and Public Health Policies in American-Colonial Manila
title_full_unstemmed Urban Mobility and a Healthy City: Intertwined Transport and Public Health Policies in American-Colonial Manila
title_sort urban mobility and a healthy city: intertwined transport and public health policies in american-colonial manila
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2016
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