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Population Pressures, Institutional Quality and Environmental Sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Nonlinear Dynamics and Regional Heterogeneity

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rapid population growth, environmental degradation and institutional constraints continue to shape environmental sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), yet evidence on nonlinear demographic dynamics, governance moderation and regional differences remains limited.
Emmanuel K. Manu
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Cholera amid the climate crisis: a systematic review of flooding-driven health risks in West Africa

Discover Public Health
Introduction Flooding, a major climate-related disaster, poses a growing threat to public health in West Africa. Frequent and severe rainfall, coupled with poor infrastructure and weak sanitation systems, has worsened the spread of cholera and other ...
Miracle Ayomikun Adesina, Rukoyah Temilade Adedeji, Iyanu Roseline Oladipupo, Isaac Iyinoluwa Olufadewa, Ruth Ifeoluwa Oladele, Toluwase Ayobola Olufadewa, Julianah Adedoyin Adesina, AbdulMonjeed Kaosarat Olansile   +7 more
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Garbage in/Garbage out

Journal of Human-Technology Relations
Geographic information has become increasingly relied upon in supporting decision-making in public administration as well as humanitarian intervention.
Isaac Oluoch, Isabel Gerritsen, Nicera Wanjiru, Eric Rovoga   +3 more
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Sustainable Development and Socioeconomic Disparities: A Quantitative Analysis of Brazilian Regions Based on the SDGs

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines patterns of socioeconomic inequality among Brazil's 26 state capitals and the Federal District, totaling 27 capitals, and assesses the discriminatory capacity of SDG‐related indicators within the country's five major regions.
Nisrin Naiel Dib Khaled, Diego Marques Cavalcante, Ana Paula Belizário, Lucas Veiga Ávila   +3 more
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The Implementation of the Kampung Improvement Program in Semarang: Some Obstacles and Impacts

IHiS (Indonesian Historical Studies), 2020
This study analyzes Kampung Improvement Program (KIP) implementation and its impact on social life in Semarang between 1978-1988 periods. The KIP program is considered successful in building and managing slum settlements in Semarang.
Desi Tri Susilowati, Yety Rochwulaningsih, Haryono Rinardi   +2 more
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Value in the ‘valley of the shadow of death’—When the user is no longer the value arbiter

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract The Public Service Logic (PSL) user‐centric perspective on value creation has been one of its main critiques. Scholars argue that for some real‐world applications, such as emergency services, where users cannot engage with service offerings, the PSL must consider the roles of other service actors beyond just facilitators.
Higor Leite, Stephen Osborne
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Indian reality tourism - a critical perspective

Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2016
Purpose – The purpose of this paper to find out the tangible potential and opportunities of reality-tourism in India and other parts of the world. Do we expose our nudity, weaknesses and poverty to tourists or can it be used as an unconventional revenue ...
Vishwas Gupta
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Maps and charts prepared by the Slum Clearance Committee of New York, 1933-34 : together with maps and charts of the Land Utilization Committee of the New York Building Congress as noted on the individual drawings included herein.

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Maps and charts prepared by the Slum Clearance Committee of New York, 1933-34.

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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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Deprivation of Education in Urban Areas: A Basic Profile of Slum Children in Delhi, India [PDF]

This paper showed the basic educational status of slum children between 5 and 14 years old. The attendance ratio of slum children is much lower than that of children in Delhi as a whole.
Tsujita, Yuko
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