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Evaluating the Accuracy of Gridded Population Estimates in Slums: A Case Study in Nigeria and Kenya

Urban Science, 2021
Low- and middle-income country cities face unprecedented urbanization and growth in slums. Gridded population data in small grid squares (e.g., 100x100m) derived from demographic and spatial data are a promising source of current population estimates ...
D. Thomson, A. Gaughan, F. Stevens, G. Yetman, P. Elias, Robert Chen   +5 more
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Spread of COVID-19 in urban neighbourhoods and slums of the developing world [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2020
We study the spread of COVID-19 across neighbourhoods of cities in the developing world and find that small numbers of neighbourhoods account for a majority of cases (k-index approx. 0.7).
A. Sahasranaman, H. Jensen
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Assessment of sanitation service gap in urban slums for tackling COVID-19

Journal of Urban Management, 2021
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Manuscript title: Prevalence and determinants of undernutrition among under-five children residing in urban slums and rural area, Maharashtra, India: a community-based cross-sectional study

, 2020
BackgroundUndernutrition among under five children in India is a major public health problem.Despite India’s growth in the economy, the child mortality rate due to undernutrition is still high in both urban and rural areas.Studies that focus on urban ...
S. Murarkar, J. Gothankar, P. Doke, P. Pore, S. Lalwani, G. Dhumale, Sanjay R. Quraishi, R. Patil, V. Waghachavare, Randhir V. Dhobale, Kirti C Rasote, S. Palkar, N. Malshe   +12 more
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Slums, Slum Dwellers, and Health

American Journal of Public Health, 2003
Although this issue of the Journal is focused on the connections between the built environment and health in the developed world these links are even more relevant in the developing world where billions of the world’s poor live in precarious housing submarkets known as slums. (excerpt)
Elliott D, Sclar, Mary E, Northridge
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Ganz gewöhnliche Viertel

Sub\urban, 2020
Slums gelten als das Symbol der vermeintlich unterentwickelten und unkontrolliert wachsenden Megastädte des Globalen Südens. Die damit einhergehende Stigmatisierung von Slums hat nicht nur alltägliche Folgen für die Bewohner*innen, sondern hat spätestens
Raffael Beier
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Effectiveness of Positive Deviance, an Asset-Based Behavior Change Approach, to Improve Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Dengue in Low-Income Communities (Slums) of Islamabad, Pakistan: A Mixed-Method Study

Insects, 2022
Dengue is a mosquito-borne, viral disease that has emerged as a global health concern in recent years. In the absence of specific antiviral treatment and vaccines, prevention remains the key strategy for dengue control.
Muhammad Shafique, Muhammad Mukhtar, Chitlada Areesantichai, Usaneya Perngparn   +3 more
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Protection of the Environment from Pollution due to Slums [PDF]

الرافدین للحقوق, 2020
      Slums are among the problems that many developing countries suffer from, as do some developed countries, although the dimensions of the problem differ.
Zahraa Ahmad Mohammad Tawfeeq, Alaa Hazem Jarallah Ahmed, Abdullah Salim Ghaeb Mansoor   +2 more
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Transferability of Object-Oriented Image Analysis Methods for Slum Identification

Remote Sensing, 2013
Updated spatial information on the dynamics of slums can be helpful to measure and evaluate progress of policies. Earlier studies have shown that semi-automatic detection of slums using remote sensing can be challenging considering the large variability ...
Alfred Stein, Richard Sliuzas, Norman Kerle, Pankaj Warwadekar, Divyani Kohli   +4 more
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Voices and challenges of marginalized and vulnerable groups in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: building on a spectrum of community-based participatory research approaches

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Urbanization is rapidly increasing across Africa, including in Nairobi, Kenya. Many people, recent migrants and long-term residents, live within dense and dynamic urban informal settlements.
Robinson Karuga, Caroline Kabaria, Ivy Chumo, Linet Okoth, Inviolata Njoroge, Lilian Otiso, Nelly Muturi, Jiban Karki, Laura Dean, Rachel Tolhurst, Rosie Steege, Kim Ozano, Sally Theobald, Blessing Mberu, Blessing Mberu   +14 more
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