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Severe malnutrition in children presenting to health facilities in an urban slum in Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2012 SETTING: An urban slum in Kamrangirchar, Bangladesh. OBJECTIVES: Among children aged 6–59 months seeking medical care from the two Médecins Sans Frontières-supported primary health centres, to determine 1) the prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
Alders, P +12 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article engages signage as a medium through which urban stakeholders negotiate the politics of housing redevelopment and gentrification in cities. Focusing on Toronto, we examine housing‐related signage in three neighbourhoods where social mix approaches to redevelopment have ushered in gentrification: Parkdale, Regent Park, and Moss Park.
Lindi Jahiu +2 more
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Van’da Konut Üretim Faaliyetlerinin Kentsel Gelişmeye Etkileri (1927-2020)
Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2021 Bu çalışmanın amacı, Van’da kentsel gelişim sürecinde yaşanan kritik eşiklerin kentte ortaya çıkardığı konut sorununa yönelik yapılan gecekondu, kooperatif, özel ve kamu konut üretimlerinin kentin mekânsal gelişim sürecine etkilerini ortaya koymaktır ...
Zeynep Yılmaz Şimşek
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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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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
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Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2012 Background : The increasing proportion of elderly persons is contributing to an increase in the prevalence of diabetes. The residents of urban slums are more vulnerable due to poverty and lack of access to health care.
Arvind Kumar Singh +4 more
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The Economics of Roscas and Intra-Household Resource Allocation [PDF]
This paper investigates individual motives to participate in rotating savings and credit associations (roscas). Detailed evidence of roscas in a Kenyan slum (Nairobi) shows that most roscas are predominantly composed of women. To explain this phenomenon,
Siwan Anderson
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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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Study Of Menstrual Pattern and Menstrual Hygiene Practices Among Adolescent Girls
National Journal of Community Medicine, 2016 Background: Menstrual hygiene and management will directly contribute to MDG-2 and MDG-3. This study was conducted to know the awareness about menstruation before menarche and the source of information; to compare menstrual pattern and menstrual hygiene
Hemlata G Rokade, Anjali P Kumavat
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Assessing benefits of slum upgrading programs in second-best settings [PDF]
Slum upgrading programs are being used by national and city governments in many countries to improve the welfare of households living in slum and squatter settlements.
Dasgupta, Basab, Lall, Somik V.
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