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Livelihood security in urban slums in Ghana: evidence from the Kumasi Metropolis
The study was conducted to analyse and estimate household livelihood security in urban slums in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. Two urban slums in the...
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Unveiling the complexity of urban poverty: Exploring spatial and multidimensional deprivation in slums of Varanasi, India
Urban poverty is a complex phenomenon and people experiencing poverty suffer from various deprivations. Multidimensional poverty measurement has been...
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Neoliberalism and the growth of slums in Accra, Ghana
The insurgence of neoliberal policies in urban planning has resulted in extreme urban inequalities, featured in the proliferation of slums in...
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Dengue in the urban slums of Pakistan: health costs, adaptation practices, and the role of dengue-diagnosis and surveillance in controlling the epidemic
Dengue virus (DENV) infection is a public health issue in tropical and sub-tropical climates, including in Pakistan. A significant population in...
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Knowledge and Practices of Menstrual Hygiene of the Adolescent Girls of Slums in Siliguri City, India: A Cross-Sectional Study
BackgroundGirls in their adolescence confront various obstacles regarding menstruation and its effective management. Because of the lack of space and...
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Multidimensional poverty in slums: an empirical study from urban India
Poverty is the most important metric for determining the nature and sense of wellbeing in a given area. Most economists consider poverty to be an...
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Decentralised Water–Energy–Food (WEF) systems in Africa: space analysis, least-cost modelling of sack farming and establishment of renewable energy technologies in the Diepsloot slums of Johannesburg, South Africa
The African continent is confronted with interconnected challenges of water, energy, and food insecurity, particularly affecting marginalized urban...
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Mixed-Method Investigations Uncovering Tension, PTSD Symptoms, and Trauma-Related Difficulties Among Indian Women from Slums Reporting Gender-Based Violence
Indian women exposed to gender-based violence (GBV) report experiencing cultural concepts of distress, such as tension , and trauma-related...
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Slums, women and sanitary living in South-South Nigeria
How much do slums affect women’s ability to negotiate access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH)? We used random narratives, interviews, and a...
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‘Do Poor People’s Dreams Ever Come True?’ Educational Aspirations and Lived Realities in Urban Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladesh has made progress in advancing adolescent girls’ education, but there remain substantial evidence gaps around age and gender differences...
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Slums in India: making sense of place in urban planning
Cities are the growth engine of national wealth and income production; however large number of city dwellers circumvents from the mainstream, are...
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COVID-19 in Angola’s Slums: Providing Evidence and a Roadmap for Participatory Slum Upgrading in Pandemic Times
Over a half of Angola’s urban population live in slums where they face challenges including overcrowding, insecure tenure, and a lack of basic...
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“Nobody Wants to Be the Behenji-Type”: Young People Managing Romance, Work and Violence in the Urban Slums of Kolkata
This chapter describes how participating in premarital relationships is one of the hallmarks of being a “modern” young person in the urban slums...
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Gendered Public Spaces and the Geography of Fear in Greater Cairo Slums
As gender relations have spatial implications, girls’ and women’s daily activities are overshadowed by social, economic, and physical risks that...
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Education and Social Change: The Struggles of Schooling in the Slums of the Global South
This chapter offers ways to understand education and social change as contemporary struggles that proliferate alongside new geographies of spatial...
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Spatial analysis of slum areas on the riverbanks of Palembang City using the Anselin Local Moran’s I analysis
Slums are closely associated with riverbanks. The same situation can be found in one of the urban regions in Indonesia, that is, Palembang City. This...
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Impact of women’s autonomy and health care practices on nutritional status of U5 children in the slums of English Bazar municipality of Malda District, India
The impact of women’s autonomy and under-five child health care practices on nutritional status of under-five child were determined with the sample...
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Living with Age in Slums: A Systematic Review
Background: The last few decades have witnessed a drastic change in population composition that steadily leads to greying of population. Globally,...