Part One. The Dawn of an Urban World -- Chapter 1. The Rise of modern cities -- Chapter 2. Health in an urban context -- -- Part Two. Unmasking Hidden Cities -- Chapter 3. Urban health inequity and why it matters -- Chapter 4. Urban health inequities revealed -- Chapter 5. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals -- -- Part Three. Overcoming Urban Health Inequities -- Chapter 6. Urban governance for reducing health inequities -- Chapter 7. Building an evidence base for action -- Chapter 8. Taking action -- -- Conclusion: The price and the promise of our urban world -- -- Annex A. Additional resources and tools -- Annex B. Methodological approach for assessing urban health inequities -- Annex C. Examples of interventions