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Access to Water in the Slums of the Developing World [PDF]
, 2009 The text and data in this publication may be reproduced as long as the source is cited. Reproductions for commercial purposes are forbiddenThe discussion reveals the failure of public policies as well as markets to provide satisfactory solutions to the ...
Dagdeviren, Hulya, Robertson, Simon A.
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Understanding the urban-rural disparity in HIV and poverty nexus: the case of Kenya [PDF]
, 2016 Background The relationship between HIV and poverty is complex and recent studies reveal an urban-rural divide that is not well understood. This paper examines the urban-rural disparity in the relationship between poverty and HIV infection in Kenya, with
Magadi, Monica A.
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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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Slums in Baghdad city "Analytical planning study"
Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 2015 Baghdad city after 2003 emergence of slums in many different areas of Baghdad, due to a variety of reasons, mainly lawlessness after 2003 and the weakness of control municipalities on the land of the state and the land uses, in addition to economic ...
شیماء مطشر حمزة
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The Face of Urban Poverty Explaining the Prevalence of Slums in Developing Countries [PDF]
One of the most visible and enduring manifestations of urban poverty in developing countries is the formation and proliferation of slums. While attention has focused on the rapid pace of urbanization as the sole or major factor explaining the ...
Arimah, C. Ben
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Potential Contribution of Sharia Micro Financing on Poverty Reduction in Slum Communities in Makassar [PDF]
, 2019 Poverty is a problem faced by many countries. A country that has a high number of poor people, will always face various cases as a result of poverty, namely low education, high unemployment, health problems, criminal cases and prone to security problems.
Hasan, H. A. (Hurriah) +1 more
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Progress and Poverty—1965 Version [PDF]
, 1965 The first hard X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), produces 120 shots per second. Particles injected into the X-ray beam are hit randomly and in unknown orientations by the extremely intense X-ray pulses, where the femtosecond-duration X-
Andreasson, Jakob +19 more
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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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Environmental rehabilitation of the formal city: The case of Rio das Pedras in Rio de Janeiro
Materia Arquitectura, 2015 This article explores the notion of “value” that lies beneath architectural preservation in order to establish a relationship between cultural and environmental values of the built heritage.
Alejandro de Castro Mazarro
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Multidimensions of Urban Poverty - Evidence from India [PDF]
Content of abstract This paper provides a robust multidimensional evaluation of intra -urban differences. The hypothesis that joint consumption of public goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates those of individuals living in slums is ...
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, S Chandrasekhar
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