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 +4 more
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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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EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS AND FOREIGN DONATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SLUMS IN QALUBYIA GOVERNORATE [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Science, 2019 In fact, the phenomenon of slums in Egypt considers one of the most important challenges and wars Egypt has come through in the last few decades. Despite the difficulty of finding out an appropriate funding for getting rid of all slum areas, particularly,
Maha G. El-Feshawy +2 more
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Socio-economic factors explain differences in public health-related variables among women in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2008 Khan MH, Krämer A. Socio-economic factors explain differences in public health-related variables among women in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2008;8(1): 254.Background: Worldwide one billion people are living in slum communities
Khan, Mobarak Hossain +4 more
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Towards a frame of reference (Heuristic Guide) for the development of informal markets in Egyptian rural [PDF]
Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2023 Street markets represent an important element in forming the economy of countries, especially those that occupy a large proportion of their area in rural areas, Egypt is one of those countries.
Haitham El Sharnouby
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The 2005 census and mapping of slums in Bangladesh: design, select results and application
International Journal of Health Geographics, 2009 Background The concentration of poverty and adverse environmental circumstances within slums, particularly those in the cities of developing countries, are an increasingly important concern for both public health policy initiatives and related programs ...
Angeles Gustavo +5 more
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Towards Understanding Fire Causes in Informal Settlements Based on Inhabitant Risk Perception
Fire, 2021 Informal settlements (ISs) are a high-risk environment in which fires are often seen. In 2019 alone, 5544 IS fires were reported in South Africa. One of the main problems, when investigating an IS fire, is determining the fire cause. In the last 15 years,
Natalia Flores Quiroz +2 more
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Empowerment of urban poor neighborhoods (Case study: Ismail Abad neighborhood, District 19 of Tehran Municipality) [PDF]
نشریه جغرافیا و برنامهریزی, 2022 IntroductionTypically, in developing countries, urban growth exceeds the capacity of governments and municipalities to provide services and infrastructure suitable for the population.
Esmail Isazade +2 more
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Detecting and mapping slums using open data: a case study in Kenya
International Journal of Digital Earth, 2020 The worldwide slum population currently stands at over one billion, with substantial growth expected in the coming decades. Traditionally, slums have been mapped using information derived mainly from either physical indicators using remote sensing data ...
Ron Mahabir +4 more
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Size distributions of slums across the globe using different data and classification methods
European Journal of Remote Sensing, 2019 More than 900 million people worldwide live in slums. These slums mainly can be found in cities of the global south and are characterized by poor living conditions and usually insufficient access to basic infrastructure such as water or energy.
John Friesen +3 more
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