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Reshaping Labor Intermediation: An Integrated Workforce Management Strategy to Contrast Agricultural Workers' Exploitation in Italy

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Labor exploitation within agri‐food supply chains poses significant ethical and managerial challenges, particularly in Mediterranean contexts where irregular employment practices persist. This study investigates the case of NoCap, a third‐party ethical certification initiative operating in Italy that integrates social responsibility into ...
Claudio Mirabella, Emanuele Schimmenti, Antonino Galati, Valeria Borsellino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Because space matters: conceptual framework to help distinguish slum from non-slum urban areas

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, Richard Lilford, Catherine Kyobutungi, Robert Ndugwa, Jo Sartori, Samuel I Watson, Richard Sliuzas, Monika Kuffer, Joao Porto de Albuquerque, Alex Ezeh   +9 more
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Community empowerment for health promotion in slums areas: A narrative review with emphasis on challenges and interventions

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021
Community empowerment has been proposed since the 1980s as a way to increase people's power to influence social determinants of health. However, community empowerment for health promotion in urban slums still faces challenges.
Mohammad Hosein Mehrolhasani, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Sara Ghasemi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Use and Land Cover Analysis for Solid Waste Management in NCT Delhi Using Fusion Aware Segformer

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The use of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) analysis is a fundamental requirement for urban solid waste management (SWM); however, conventional LULC analysis methods are not well suited to the spatio‐temporal variability, multi‐sensor heterogeneity, and seasonal variations of highly dynamic urban environments.
Rubeena Vohra, Ashish Kumar
wiley   +1 more source

Realistic personal exposure assessment of air pollutants and health outcomes – A cross-sectional study among Kolkata slum dwellers

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: Rapid, unplanned, and unsustainable patterns of urban development can result in many emerging environmental and health hazards. One of the important public health problems of urban environment is regular exposure to dust and pollutants and ...
Arup Chakraborty, Arista Lahiri, Shibaji Gupta, Nibedita Banerjee, Asim Saha, Urmila Dasgupta   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unlocking Financial Inclusion: The Dynamics of Bank Account Ownership in Urban Slums

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial inclusion is a key driver of sustainable development, contributing to poverty reduction (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). Despite extensive financial‐inclusion policies in India, residents of urban slums remain largely excluded from formal banking systems.
Davide Moro, Sivia Trentin, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Paolo Landoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slums from Space—15 Years of Slum Mapping Using Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing, 2016
The body of scientific literature on slum mapping employing remote sensing methods has increased since the availability of more very-high-resolution (VHR) sensors.
Monika Kuffer, Karin Pfeffer, Richard Sliuzas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urbanization, Industrialization, and Energy Transition: An Empirical Analysis of Life Expectancy in a Developing Economy

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urbanization is a defining feature of contemporary development, shaping economic opportunities, social structures, and health outcomes. This study examines the influence of urbanization on life expectancy in Bangladesh, with particular attention to the role of the energy mix and industrialization.
Md. Hasanur Rahman, Syeda Sajia Afroz Rumpa, Fariha Akter Lucky, Pasquale Marcello Falcone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing and Testing a Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) represents a paradigm shift in the provision of safely managed sanitation services with a framework of three outcomes—equity, safety and sustainability. There are several sanitation financial tools, but none of these fully address all CWIS outcomes. Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool (CWIS‐FiT) is
Camila Silva Franco, Shirish Singh, Albert Ocharo, Timothy Mugo, Prajwal Shrestha, Kabita B. Shrestha, Damir Brdjanovic   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of antenatal care utilization among women in Nigeria using data from the 2023/2024 demographic and health survey

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Introduction Despite global efforts, inadequate antenatal care (ANC) utilization remains a significant public health challenge in Nigeria. This study examined the determinants of ANC utilization using the 2023/2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey ...
Ifeoluwa Okediji, Isaac Olufadewa, Miracle Adesina, Ruth Oladele, Opeyemi Hammed   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source