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Addressing Vulnerability to Urban Heat Stress Through Community Engagement: A Systematic Scoping Review

WIREs Climate Change, Volume 17, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
A pathway linking vulnerability factors, engagement levels, and community stances to adaptation options for addressing urban heat through a climate justice lens. Source: Authors' own elaboration. ABSTRACT Urban heat disproportionately affects communities with pre‐existing vulnerabilities, while their engagement in decision‐making remains scarce.
Xiaolin Lao, Aura‐Luciana Istrate
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CLASS, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP: Affluent Informal Settlements and the Cultural Production of Property in Delhi

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 366-385, March 2026.
Abstract Recent scholarship has examined the informal activities of elites. While existing theories suggest that informality is a realm where the state guarantees unhindered access to land and property rights and, subsequently, citizenship entitlements for elites, they have yet to explain how affluent residents of informal colonies obtain citizenship ...
Vivek Mishra
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Gentrification, Urban Informality, and Displacement in Bangkok

The Developing Economies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 71-88, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the recent complex dynamics of urban transformation and spatial exclusion affecting the urban lower class. Emerging cities such as Bangkok experience rapid and compressed development in which the characteristics and challenges of both developed and developing cities co‐occur.
Tamaki Endo
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Hand Hygiene Practices in School Populations: Assessing Their Impact on Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 62, Issue 3, Page 334-354, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim This review aimed to evaluate the impact of school‐based hand hygiene interventions on infectious disease outcomes in school populations. Methods A PROSPERO registered review (CRD42024620293) followed by Cochrane methodology MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed and ERIC formed the databases that received the search.
Namita Singh, Alan Silburn, Nicholas Moore   +2 more
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Building Local Governance: Participation and Elite Capture in Slum-upgrading in Kenya

, 2014
type="main"> Community and democratic participation are still an essential component of current mainstream development interventions. However, elite capture seriously undermines the outcomes of development projects.
A. Rigon
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Advancing Social Capital through Participatory Approaches Case of Community-Based Slum Upgrading in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

, 2017
Social capital discourse has come to be the foremost and essential aspects in achieving sustainable development, participatory democracy and just cities. Indonesia is like most Asian countries where people spatially and socially co-live in a community that is related to a network of small clusters. However, the formal study related to social capital is
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Advancing Sustainable Tourism in Svalbard by Assessing and Prioritizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 873-903, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Tourism is a significant sector on the Svalbard archipelago. The increase in visitors and tourism activities has reshaped the local community of Longyearbyen, brought new economic opportunities, and put greater pressure on the local environment.
Julien Lebel, Anna G. Sveinsdóttir, Bjørn P. Kaltenborn, Grete K. Hovelsrud   +3 more
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The Successes and Shortcomings of Participatory Slum-Upgrading in Villa 31

, 2011
In Villa 31, an urban shantytown in the heart of Buenos Aires, a team of technical professionals and community members are working together on a slum-upgrading project.
Perten, Jacob
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Everyday geographies of uneven water infrastructures and practices in China

Geographical Research, Volume 64, Issue 1, February 2026.
This research unpacks the disparate distribution of centralised water supply at both household and community scales in Changsha and explores how alternative, heterogeneous water supply modalities contribute to filling everyday service gaps, but also produce and exacerbate additional layers of inequality.
Dongyang Mi, Alison L Browne, Deljana Iossifova, Saska Petrova   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Participatory Communication into Slum Upgrading In Kibera: An Audit of the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme Communication Strategy

, 2016
Master of Arts in CommunicationThis study sought to audit the Kenya Slum Upgrading Program (KENSUP) communication strategy. The study was guided by four objectives: to find out how the principles of participatory communication were applied in ...
Kimeto, Lilian Jerotich
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