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, 2015 Why was the slum upgrading project in Kibera, Kenya, facing resistance? This study uses both qualitative and quantitative methods in data collection to reveal that politics revolving around the interests of local politicians, slum dwellers and business ...
Kiyu, George M.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how socio‐political constructions of rental markets create housing vulnerabilities for subaltern renters. Going beyond the typical focus on occupancy claims in slums, I study rent and racialization in Indian cities through the experiences of Northeastern migrant women living in Bengaluru.
Meghna Mohandas
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Constraints faced by urban poor in managing diabetes care: patients’ perspectives from South India
Global Health Action, 2013 Background: Four out of five adults with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). India has the second highest number of diabetes patients in the world. Despite a huge burden, diabetes care remains suboptimal.
Upendra Bhojani +6 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article outlines possibilities for counter configurations of data‐based urbanisms, whereby data practices, rather than reproducing logics of urban entrepreneurialism and smart‐city governance, are made from within urban peripheral territories.
Andrés Luque‐Ayala, Rodrigo Firmino
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Weighted seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 among the residents of slum and non-slum neighborhoods.
, 2022 Weighted seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 among the residents of slum and non-slum neighborhoods.
Abdur Razzaque (2837483) +15 more
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INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCEALMENT: Everyday Festival Economies and Riverine Ecologies in Kolkata
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban infrastructures are often celebrated within marketized development logics for their promise of equitable access while concealing ecological harm. This article examines whether and how ecological degradation is integral to infrastructural modernization, showing how infrastructures that promise improvement and inclusion simultaneously ...
Debapriya Chakrabarti +2 more
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Foctors that prevent children from gaining access to schooling : a study of Delhi Slum households [PDF]
This paper examines the factors that prevent slum children aged 5 to 14 from gaining access to schooling in light of the worsening urban poverty and sizable increase in rural-to-urban migration.
Tsujita, Yuko
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
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Financial inclusion and expenditure patterns: Insights from slum households in Bangladesh
Cogent Economics & FinanceVulnerable households often tend to decrease their human capital expenditures, like education and training, to maintain food and non-food (clothing and housing) expenditures when any income shock occurs.
MD Abdul Bari +4 more
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, 2016 Despite the rise of the ‘cinematic city’ as an acknowledged paradigm in film and urban studies, ‘cinematic slums’ have remained severely under-researched, even though near to one billion people – almost one third of the global urban population – call slums their home. Accordingly, the author asks how this hard and unyielding way of
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