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Family Migration: A Vehicle of Child Morbidity in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya? [PDF]
Parental migration is often found to be negatively correlated with child health in Africa, yet the causal mechanisms are poorly understood. The paper uses a dataset that provides information from the respondent parent on child morbidity both in the rural
Konseiga, Adama
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Orchestration of Climate Action in Municipalities: A Collective Capacity Approach
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Municipalities are increasingly positioned as key actors in enabling local climate action, yet their ability to mobilise societal actors remains insufficiently understood. This study examines how municipal officials in six Finnish municipalities from different local contexts understand and operationalise collective capacity for climate action,
Maija Faehnle +2 more
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THE VIABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMAL SETTLEMENT
, 2011 MM - P&DMThe South African local government is under constant criticism for its inability to deliver low cost housing to poor citizens who do not own houses, and who end up living in hazardous environments such as shallow mine dumps.
MALOKA, J NKOANA
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A Novel Multilevel Conceptual Framework for Flood Risk Governance
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Globally, flood risk is increasing as climate change progresses. Contemporary flood risk management practice often utilises hydrodynamic modelling (for hazard risk assessments), social vulnerability assessments, and risk communications in silo, which fragments evidence‐based decision‐making for effective flood risk management. We hence develop
Aiperi Stambekova, Avidesh Seenath
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Flood vulnerability in township informal settlements
JàmbáMigration has shaped townships into hubs of urban informality that are characterised by the propagation of informal settlements. With their expansion, informal settlements have become increasingly vulnerable to the devastating impacts of hazards.
Sazi W. Gcabashe, Sareesha Pillay
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mangroves are critical resources in sustaining coastal communities by providing essential ecosystem goods and services. Occurring within the interface of land and sea, they serve as critical ecological zones shaped by dynamic interactions between terrestrial and marine systems.
Menelisi Falayi +11 more
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Letting People in: Redefining Collaboration in Wildland–Urban Interface Governance
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Intensifying wildfire regimes and expanding human settlements into wilderness areas have heightened concerns about the wildland–urban interface (WUI) due to the associated increase in fire risk. However, the WUI presents broader social‐ecological challenges that go beyond wildfire risk and remain understudied.
Clara Mosso +5 more
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Informal settlement dwellers and environmental problems .
, 2005 Past and current experiences indicate that informal settlements will persist for quite sometime. The paper adopts the use of informal settlements to avoid negative connotations associated with other terms.
Muzvidziwa, Victor N.
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The Dynamics of the Policy Mix and Sectoral Gaps in South Korea's Decarbonization Transition
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While a coherent policy mix is a fundamental prerequisite for successful energy transitions, existing frameworks predominantly rely on static evaluations. This horizontal approach fails to capture the deep temporal dynamics and physical inertia inherent in socio‐technical regime shifts.
Yong Hwan Kim, Kyung Nam Kim
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, 2019 : Informal settlements upgrading is a challenge especially in the developing nations. The research examines the case for challenges of upgrading informal settlements. A huge majority of the informal dwellers live in exceedingly underprivileged situations.
Mathiba, Likhale
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