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Road Planning for Slums via Deep Reinforcement Learning [PDF]

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2023
Millions of slum dwellers suffer from poor accessibility to urban services due to inadequate road infrastructure within slums, and road planning for slums is critical to the sustainable development of cities. Existing re-blocking or heuristic methods are
Y. Zheng, Hongyuan Su, Jingtao Ding, Depeng Jin, Yong Li   +4 more
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Association between mother’s work status and child stunting in urban slums: a cross-sectional assessment of 346 child-mother dyads in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2020)

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background A growing literature highlights the increased risk of stunting among children growing up in informal or slum settlements. Despite relatively high rates of female labor force participation in slums, there is limited evidence on relationship ...
Hayman Win, Sohana Shafique, Sharmin Mizan, J. Wallenborn, N. Probst-Hensch, G. Fink   +5 more
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Livelihood, WASH related hardships and needs assessment of climate migrants: evidence from urban slums in Bangladesh

Heliyon, 2022
Bangladesh, being the world's most climate-vulnerable country, is affected by plenty of climate-related hazards every year, mostly along its south-western coast.
Md. Ayatullah Khan
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A contextual exploration of healthcare service use in urban slums in Nigeria

PLoS ONE, 2022
Introduction Many urban residents in low- and middle-income countries live in unfavorable conditions with few healthcare facilities, calling to question the long-held view of urban advantage in health, healthcare access and utilization.
O. Fayehun, M. Ajisola, O. Uthman, O. Oyebode, A. Oladejo, E. Owoaje, O. Taiwo, O. Odubanjo, Bronwyn Harris, R. Lilford, A. Omigbodun   +10 more
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Factors associated with accessing and utilisation of healthcare and provision of health services for residents of slums in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review of recent literature

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective To identify factors associated with accessing and utilisation of healthcare and provision of health services in slums. Design A scoping review incorporating a conceptual framework for configuring reported factors.
Ji-Eun Park, Peter M. Kibe, Godwin Yeboah, O. Oyebode, Bronwyn Harris, M. Ajisola, Frances Griffiths, N. Aujla, Paramjit Gill, R. Lilford, Yen-Fu Chen   +10 more
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The social impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on urban slums and the response of civil society organisations: A case study in Bangkok, Thailand

Heliyon, 2021
This study examined the social impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Bangkok slum residents and the initiatives of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to relieve negative impacts. A mixed-methods study was conducted based on the Social Impact framework.
S. Pongutta, K. Kantamaturapoj, Kannapon Phakdeesettakun, Payao Phonsuk   +3 more
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Poverty, sanitation, and Leptospira transmission pathways in residents from four Brazilian slums

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Residents of urban slums suffer from a high burden of zoonotic diseases due to individual, socioeconomic, and environmental factors. We conducted a cross-sectional sero-survey in four urban slums in Salvador, Brazil, to characterize how poverty and ...
H. Khalil, Roberta Santana, D. de Oliveira, F. Palma, Ricardo Lustosa, M. Eyre, T. Carvalho-Pereira, M. Reis, A. Ko, P. Diggle, Yeimi Alzate Lopez, M. Begon, F. Costa   +12 more
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Empowering and conquering infirmity of visually impaired using AI‐technology equipped with object detection and real‐time voice feedback system in healthcare application

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The Internet of Things is emerging as a crucial technology in aiding humans and making their lives easier. Among the human population, a large percentage of people suffer from disabilities resulting in challenges in everyday life particularly people with visual disabilities.
Hania Tarik, Shahzad Hassan, Rizwan Ali Naqvi, Saddaf Rubab, Usman Tariq, Monia Hamdi, Hela Elmannai, Ye Jin Kim, Jae‐Hyuk Cha   +8 more
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Planning for pandemic resilience: COVID-19 experience from urban slums in Khulna, Bangladesh

Journal of Urban Management, 2021
COVID-19 worsened urban slum dwellers' pre-existing vulnerabilities. Maintaining WHO-suggested physical distancing/isolation made planning more challenging in slums.
S. Surma, S. S. Hakim, Md. Saydur Rahman Lushan   +2 more
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Analysis of OpenStreetMap Data Quality at Different Stages of a Participatory Mapping Process: Evidence from Slums in Africa and Asia

ISPRS Int. J. Geo Inf., 2021
This paper examines OpenStreetMap data quality at different stages of a participatory mapping process in seven slums in Africa and Asia. Data were drawn from an OpenStreetMap-based participatory mapping process developed as part of a research project ...
Godwin Yeboah, J. Albuquerque, Rafael Troilo, Grant Tregonning, Shanaka Perera, S. A. K. S. Ahmed, M. Ajisola, Ornob Alam, N. Aujla, S. Azam, Kehkashan Azeem, Pauline Bakibinga, Yen-Fu Chen, N. Choudhury, P. Diggle, O. Fayehun, P. Gill, F. Griffiths, Bronwyn Harris, R. Iqbal, Caroline Kabaria, Abdhalah K Ziraba, A. Khan, Peter M. Kibe, L. Kisia, C. Kyobutungi, R. Lilford, Jason Madan, Nelson Mbaya, B. Mberu, S. Mohamed, H. Muir, Ahsana Nazish, Anne Njeri, O. Odubanjo, A. Omigbodun, M. Osuh, E. Owoaje, O. Oyebode, Vangelis Pitidis, O. Rahman, N. Rizvi, J. Sartori, Simon Smith, O. Taiwo, Philipp Ulbrich, O. Uthman, S. Watson, Ria Wilson, R. Yusuf   +49 more
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