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Water poverty in the peri-urban territories of Mumbai, India [PDF]
This paper addresses water poverty in the peri-urban areas of Mumbai. The term "water poverty" refers to a variety of situations where people lack from sufficient water in terms of quality and quantity or from enough money to buy water from formal and ...
Anastasia Angueletou
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Addressing poverty and inequality in the mountains of Pakistan
Discover Global SocietyThis paper examines poverty and inequality in Pakistan's mountains, using nationally representative data. Our analysis reveals that, despite a slight decline in poverty rates, overall rates remain alarmingly high, with significant variations across ...
Golam Rasul, Apsara Karki Nepal
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Estimating Regional Poverty Lines With Scarce Data: An Application to Brazilian Regions [PDF]
The recent emphasis on fighting poverty in Brazil makes the determination of the size of the targeted population an important issue (What is the right poverty line? What is the real size of the poor population? How much money should be given to each poor
Alexandre Iwata +5 more
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With the acceleration of urbanization, the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) has become one of the global challenges. The waste incineration process will produce fly ash containing a large amount of heavy metals and organic matter.
Qiang Tan +4 more
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Urban agriculture and urban poverty alleviation: South African debates [PDF]
Growing international attention has focussed on the potential role of urban agriculture in poverty alleviation. The aim in this paper is to analyse the existing challenge of urban poverty in South Africa and examine the potential role of urban ...
Rogerson, Christian M.
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Voices from Urban Africa: The Impact of Urban Growth on Children [PDF]
, 2012 Urban poverty -- and its impact on children -- is often overlooked and misunderstood. More than half of the world's population now lives in cities. Each year the number of urban residents increases by nearly 60 million.1 By 2050, it is projected that two
Anne Stotler +2 more
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Heavy metals in environmental waste can pollute the environment and disrupt human health if not managed properly. Heavy metal contamination from industrial waste, particularly cobalt (Co) and lead (Pb), poses serious environmental and health risks due to their toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulative nature.
Rista Siti Mawarni +3 more
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Creating National Poverty Profiles and Growth Incidence Curves with Incomplete Income or Consumption Expenditure Data: An Application to Bolivia [PDF]
In many developing countries, there does not exist a time series of nationally representative household budget or income surveys, while there often are surveys of regions as well as nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) which ...
Grosse, Melanie +2 more
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ag–Fe bimetallic nanoparticles (alloy and core–shell structures) were synthesized using Grewia optiva leaf extract through a green, phytochemical‐mediated approach. The effects of pH, temperature, extract concentration, and Ag:Fe molar ratio on nanoparticle formation were systematically optimized, enabling size‐controlled and morphologically ...
Sehrish Asad +6 more
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Migration and Urban Poverty and Inequality in China [PDF]
Using data from recent surveys of migrants and local residents in 10 cities in 2005, this paper examines how migration influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for ...
Park, Albert, Wang, Dewen
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