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Urban Governance in Africa: An Overview
Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2018 Africa is urbanising rapidly and is facing enormous urban challenges, such as the growth of slums and increasing inequality. Secondary cities, with their smaller economies and less capacitated local governments compared to primary cities, face ...
Warren Smit
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Urban Containment Policies and Physical Activity A Time–Series Analysis of Metropolitan Areas, 1990–2002 [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Urban containment policies attempt to manage the location, character, and timing of growth to support a variety of goals such as compact development, preservation of greenspace, and efficient use of infrastructure.
Aytur, Semra +3 more
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Urban Agriculture, Commons and Urban Policies: Scaling up Local Innovation
, 2016 May urban agriculture be the cornerstone that helps reconfigure more sustainable cities and if so, under which conditions? And if so, what type of urban agriculture? Such are the two issues underlying this article.
F. Mancebo
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Remote Sensing, 2015 In today’s urbanizing world, home of 28 megacities, there is a growing need for tools to assess urban policies and support the design and implementation of effective development strategies. Unsustainable practices of urbanization bring major implications
F. Calò +5 more
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Brésil(s), 2023 The vision of Pedro Ernesto, a physician who was appointed interventor of the Federal District in 1931, has had a strong impact on the history of the city, especially with regard to the favelas, which were partially integrated ...
Rafael Soares Gonçalves
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich +5 more
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The Impact of Government Policies on Urban Employment in Small Economies [PDF]
, 1989 [Excerpt] Most of the policies intended to affect urban employment are not specifically employment policies nor are they specifically urban. Rather, the amount of urban employment, the composition of that employment, and the returns from it are ...
Fields, Gary S
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Remote sensing in urban planning: Contributions towards ecologically sound policies?
, 2020 Remote sensing has evolved to become a key tool for various fields of environmental analysis, thus actively informing policy across areas and domains. To evaluate the degree to which remote sensing is contributing to the science of ecologically-oriented ...
Thilo Wellmann +12 more
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Why Is Co-management of Parks Not Working in Johannesburg?
Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2018 Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) has affirmed its strong redistributive objective in post-apartheid Johannesburg, with the rapid development of new urban parks in former black townships. However, its operational budgets have remained limited in the
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou
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Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef +2 more
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