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Feminismo popular contra la desposesión y la transformación urbana neoliberal: la experiencia del Pedregal de Santo Domingo de la Ciudad de México [PDF]

open access: yesCiudades, 2020
This paper analyses how the relationship between gender, domestic and public space can be seen as a way to reinforce roles or subvert them. In this context, it is essential to show how gender relations are structured socially through urban spaces ...
María del Socorro Pérez-Rincón Fernández
doaj   +1 more source

New facades in the old style: Brussels and the “Îlot Sacré” urban plan of 1960

open access: yesBrussels Studies
Following a decision by the municipal council, the City of Brussels’ appearance became resolutely historic once again as of 1960. Many private buildings in the historic centre were adorned with old-fashioned facades.
Dominik Scholz
doaj   +1 more source

Who Controls the City in the Global Urban Era? Mapping the Dimensions of Urban Geopolitics in Beira City, Mozambique

open access: yesLand, 2019
In recent years, a new era of interventionism has emerged targeting the development of African cities, manifested in ‘fantasy’ urban plans, surging infrastructure investments and global policy agendas.
Murtah Shannon
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

open access: yesPediatric 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
wiley   +1 more source

Tej City. Protests in Mumbai, 1988-2008

open access: yesSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2011
The paper aims at understanding the types, scope and contents of urban protests in Mumbai for the past twenty years. Firstly, it tries to define the nature of mass struggles within the city.
Djallal G. Heuzé
doaj   +1 more source

The City is the Factory: New Solidarities and Spatial Strategies in an Urban Age [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
[Excerpt] Urban public spaces, from the streets and squares of Buenos Aires to Zuccotti Park in New York City, have become the emblematic sites of contentious politics in the twenty-first century.
Greenberg, Miriam, Lewis, Penny
core   +1 more source

Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesAging 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
wiley   +1 more source

Defensive and expansionist struggles for housing justice: 120 years of community rights in New York City

open access: yesRadical Housing Journal, 2019
In struggles for dignified housing and greater agency, housing justice organizers often rely on an alternative valuation of urban space, based in community rights, which elevates the shared social value generated by residents over the market ...
Oksana Mironova
doaj   +1 more source

Book review: urban revolt: state power and the rise of people's movements in the global south, edited by Trevor Ngwane, Luke Sinwell and Immanuel Ness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Fabien Cante says this book is an exciting and hopeful compendium of urban struggles across the Global ...
Cante, Fabien
core  

Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

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