THIS BOOK EMERGES from the first Healthy Cities Conference in Nigeria, held in Ibadan in June 1993 with support from the World Health Organization. It includes 14 papers, some focusing on general issues regarding healthy cities, others considering relevant health issues with regard to Nigeria or, more specifically, to Ibadan which was the first Nigerian city to join the Healthy Cities Movement. Some of the papers included focus on community participation, the role of local government, the vulnerability of children and the elderly to environmental hazards, the economics of a healthy city approach, and the link between nutrition and a Healthy Cities Programme.