Automated Extraction of Slum Built-up Areas from Multispectral Imageries
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DOI: 10.1007/s12524-019-01066-7
Abstract: Slum areas are dense urban areas in which the building size is quite small, and the buildings are interconnected with each other. Also, there is a lot of variation in the texture of slum area… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; extraction; area; built areas ... See more keywords
Policy, politics and leadership in slum upgrading: A comparative analysis of Harare and Kampala
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.05.005
Abstract: Abstract Slum upgrading is one of the preferred options in dealing with ubiquitous informality in cities across the world. Drawing on experiences in two African cities namely Harare and Kampala; the article focuses on the… read more here.
Keywords: politics leadership; slum; slum upgrading; harare kampala ... See more keywords
Refusing a “City without Slums”: Moroccan slum dwellers' nonmovements and the art of presence
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.02.014
Abstract: Abstract In June 2018, as a result of a program known as “Villes Sans Bidonvilles” (VSB) or “Cities without Slums,” the Kingdom of Morocco declared 58 of 85 cities across the country as slum-free. This… read more here.
Keywords: refusing city; without slums; slum; slum dwellers ... See more keywords
A model for leptospire dynamics and control in the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) the reservoir host in urban slum environments.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2018.05.002
Abstract: Leptospirosis is a zoonosis that humans can contract via contact with animal reservoirs directly or with water contaminated with their urine. The primary reservoir of pathogenic leptospires within urban slum environments is the Norway rat… read more here.
Keywords: norway rat; rattus norvegicus; rat rattus; slum environments ... See more keywords
How does Covid-19 affect urban slums? Evidence from settlement leaders in India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105304
Abstract: Slum settlements have received significant attention for their vulnerabilities to the spread of Covid-19. To mitigate risks of transmission, and alleviate economic distress associated with containment measures, public health experts and international agencies are calling… read more here.
Keywords: slum settlements; covid affect; affect urban; urban slums ... See more keywords
Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums
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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31848-7
Abstract: In the first paper in this Series we assessed theoretical and empirical evidence and concluded that the health of people living in slums is a function not only of poverty but of intimately shared physical… read more here.
Keywords: welfare people; improving health; people live; health ... See more keywords
Status and correlates of non-communicable diseases among children and adolescents in slum and non-slum areas of India's four metropolitan cities.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0021932022000530
Abstract: The emergence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in childhood poses a serious risk to a healthy adult life. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of NCDs among children and adolescents in slums and non-slums… read more here.
Keywords: slum; non communicable; among children; non slum ... See more keywords
Everyday resistance: exposing the complexities of participatory slum-upgrading projects in Nagpur
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DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2018.1562056
Abstract: Abstract This paper exposes practices of informal, everyday resistance by slum-dwellers against the implementation of large-scale public housing projects in India. During the last few decades, various large-scale urban projects have been implemented in order… read more here.
Keywords: large scale; housing; slum upgrading; slum ... See more keywords
PW 0427 Costs of unintentional injuries among children in an urban slum community in kampala city, uganda
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DOI: 10.1136/injuryprevention-2018-safety.351
Abstract: Introduction Unintentional injuries burden communities’ worldwide causing deaths, disability, productivity and financial losses and disproportionately affect children in low-income settings but their cost on communities remains under studied. This study aimed to determine direct and… read more here.
Keywords: community; kampala city; unintentional injuries; costs unintentional ... See more keywords
The Origin of Slum as a Trans-Class Concept
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DOI: 10.1177/00961442221127054
Abstract: The slum concept originated as a descriptor for trans-class, or urban majority, environments in and around which people of different social levels lived in close proximity to each other. This article reappraises the concept’s emergence… read more here.
Keywords: slum; trans class; slum trans; concept ... See more keywords
Slums, Villas Miseria, and Barriadas: Why Terms Matter
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DOI: 10.1177/00961442221127308
Abstract: Building upon previous debates surrounding the English-language term slum, this article argues that slum stigmatizes the spaces and subjects that it refers to not only because it evokes nineteenth-century imaginaries of pauperism and crime but… read more here.
Keywords: terms matter; slum; villas miseria; barriadas terms ... See more keywords