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Geographica Helvetica, 2004 Urban violence has become an endemic feature of cities in all parts of the world. The consensus is that levels of violence are increasing generally but that there are significant differences between different parts of the world.
D. Herbert
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Using Participatory Visual Methods in the Study of Violence Perceptions and Urban Space in Mexico
International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2019 The contribution investigates the experience of using visual participatory methods of data collection, auto-photography and community mapping, in the context of urban planning, violence and insecurity problems in Mexico.
Natalia Garcia Cervantes
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Violence research in Northeast and Southeast Asia: main themes and directions [PDF]
, 2011 The study analyses research on violence in the Northeast and Southeast Asia with respect to four types: political, urban, domestic and youth violence, highlighting current research themes, tendencies and gaps in violence research on and in the region ...
Oliver Hensengerth, Hensengerth, Oliver
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Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city [PDF]
, 2020 Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city examines how urban health and wellbeing are shaped by migration, mobility, racism, sanitation and gender. Adopting a global focus, spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the essays in
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Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022 This is a qualitative exploratory investigation into the use of digital media technologies in the mitigation of security concerns among undocumented migrants in the informal settlements within urban South Africa.
Thabiso Muswede
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Comparative Analysis of the Relationship between Poverty and Urban Violence Using the Vikor Model (Case Study: Yazd Neighborhoods) [PDF]
جغرافیای اجتماعی شهری, 2015 The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between poverty and the spread of various types of urban violence in the neighborhoods of the city of Yazd. According to the objectives of the research, it is a practical research and its method is
Jamal Mohamadi, Ali Bagheri Kashkooli
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BMC Public Health, 2016 Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue among married rural-to-urban migrant workers, the largest group of internal migrants in China.
Li Chen +3 more
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Preventive Measures and Actions of the Police of the Czech Republic against Urban Violence
Communications, 2011 The following article addresses the current problem of urban violence. The aim of the article is to outline the different preventive measures and actions of the Police of the Czech Republic taken in order to prevent urban violence. Moreover, various ways
Martin Hrinko
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The Routinization of Violence in Latin America: Ethnographic Revelations
Latin American Research Review, 2018 This essay reviews the following works: In Harm’s Way: the Dynamics of Urban Violence. By Javier Auyero and María Fernanda Berti. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. Pp. xi + 239. $24.95 paper. ISBN: 9780691164779. Violence at the Urban Margins.
Diane E. Davis
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Art and Urbanization of Violence
, 2023 The purpose of this study is to analyse the ways of visualization of hidden violence through a map of the city of violence called La Manada City, in its transformation from defensive to artistic strategies. For this analysis, firstly we propose the contextualization of the artwork and its authorship, and later, the research about the artistic and ...
Maria del Mar López-Cabrales +2 more
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