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Why do some informal settlements fare better than others? A mixed-methods analysis of water and sanitation inequities across informal settlements

Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Over three hundred million people in South Asian cities live in informal settlements. The administrative and socio-economic contexts in which these informal settlements emerge exhibit significant heterogeneity, influencing their access to water and ...
Hassaan Furqan Khan
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Addressing the Social Challenges of Solid Informal Settlements and their Impacts on Residents' Behavior: A Case Study of Constantine [PDF]

Ziglôbitha
: This study investigates the negative impacts of solid informal settlements on Constantine's residents and proposes realistic solutions within a robust legal framework.
Nadira BOUGUEBS & Antar BOULAHDID
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Quantum Phenomena in Molecular and Biological Systems: A Decoherence‐Based Decision Framework With Falsifiable Predictions and a Failure‐Mode Taxonomy

Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.
A physics‐grounded framework based on decoherence timescales (τ_dec vs τ_func), Markovian validity, and falsifiability criteria is applied across molecular systems to distinguish where quantum effects are necessary, marginal, or irrelevant. The analysis integrates quantum chemistry, biological quantum mechanisms, and quantum computing under a unified ...
Sarfaraz K. Niazi
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Governance of urban informal settlements in Africa: A scoping review

Heliyon
This scoping review examines the challenges in the governance of informal settlements in Africa and the existing interactions among different stakeholders.
Behailu Mulate Ewnetu, Bo Kyong Seo
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Integrating One Health to Mitigate the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance in Livestock and Aquaculture

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an escalating global threat driven by antimicrobial use in aquaculture and livestock. Resistant pathogens and genes can spread across humans, animals, and the environment through interconnected ecosystems. Using a One Health approach, this review emphasizes antimicrobial stewardship, regulatory strengthening, enhanced ...
Mir Mohammad Ali, Delower Hossain, Ridwan Olamilekan Adesola, Anum Hanif, Shamsaldeen Ibrahim Saeed, Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Anoar Jamai Masroure, Kazi Estieque Alam, Md Kamal Hossain, Sabiha Zarin Tasnim Bristi, Md Jisan Ahmed   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Informal Settlements to sustainable communities

Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2018
Informal Settlements and urban informality is a serious and common problem in Third World countries. These settlements are not marginal actors in the real estate market.
Dina Mamdouh Nassar, Hanan Gamil Elsayed
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying the Spatial Coverage of Informal Settlements in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for Better Management and Policy Directions

Urban Science
Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia and one of the fastest-expanding cities in Africa, is undergoing rapid urbanization which has led to acute housing scarcity and a growth of informal settlements.
Melaku Eticha Taye, Elias Yitbarek Alemayehu, Mintesnot Woldeamanuel   +2 more
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Causes of informal settlements in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality: An exploration

Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2017
This article aims to explore the causes of informal settlements in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM). The article strongly challenges the view that the cause of informal settlements in EMM and other parts of South Africa is predominantly the ...
Noah K. Marutlulle
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source