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Because space matters: conceptual framework to help distinguish slum from non-slum urban areas [PDF]
BMJ Global Health, 2019 Despite an estimated one billion people around the world living in slums, most surveys of health and well-being do not distinguish between slum and non-slum urban residents. Identifying people who live in slums is important for research purposes and also
Timothy Hofer +9 more
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, 2023 A global shift in urban slum improvement programmes is underway to step beyond the conventional approach by practicing a more participatory approach. Previous studies have found that slum upgrading projects are likely to be ineffective and unsustainable ...
Sadeque, Saalem +3 more
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Do Slum Upgrading Programs Impact School Attendance? [PDF]
, 2021 This paper analyzes how slum upgrading programs impact elementary school childrens attendance in Uruguay. We take advantage of the eligibility rule that deems slums eligible for a SUP program if they have 40 or more dwelling units.
Inter-American Development Bank
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CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract The Internet of Things is emerging as a crucial technology in aiding humans and making their lives easier. Among the human population, a large percentage of people suffer from disabilities resulting in challenges in everyday life particularly people with visual disabilities.
Hania Tarik +8 more
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Global Health Journal, 2021 Africa can be “left behind” after other advanced continents recover from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as reflected by the global pandemic of HIV/AIDS.
Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa +6 more
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Incidence and Mortality from a Neglected Tropical Disease (Rabies) in 28 African Countries
Folia Veterinaria, 2020 Rabies, a zoonotic disease, is one of the deadliest and most serious threats to public health as it has an almost 100 % case fatality rate. The global estimated mortality of the virus is between 40,000 to 70,000 deaths annually with most of the death ...
Adesina M. A. +3 more
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Science, 2020 I scrambled up a ladder to the tin roof of our house, clutching a book about the evolution of animals. I was 10 years old, and I'd just finished cooking dinner for my entire family—a task that was my daily responsibility. From my perch, I could look out at the slum where we lived in a small town in India.
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Slums, Slum Dwellers, and Health
American Journal of Public Health, 2003 Although this issue of the Journal is focused on the connections between the built environment and health in the developed world these links are even more relevant in the developing world where billions of the world’s poor live in precarious housing submarkets known as slums. (excerpt)
Elliott D, Sclar, Mary E, Northridge
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Automated detection of slum area change in Hyderabad, India using multitemporal satellite imagery [PDF]
, 2013 This paper presents an approach to automated identification of slum area change patterns in Hyderabad, India, using multi-year and multi-sensor very high resolution satellite imagery.
Luedeke, Matthias, Kit, Oleksandr
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Slum Tourism: Representing and Interpreting Reality in City
Indonesian Journal of Tourism and Leisure, 2023 Slum areas are often seen in urban spatial policy gaps. The slum area becomes a dilemma, it portrays the unsuccessful management of a city area, on the other hand the reality of the city has the potential to become slum area tourism as an alternative ...
Tatang Rusata +2 more
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