Association between cancer stigma and cervical cancer screening uptake among women of Dhulikhel and Banepa, Nepal. by Bandana Paneru, Aerona Karmacharya, Alina Bharati, Soniya Makaju, Bikram Adhikari, Dikshya Kafle, Sunila Shakya, Donna Spiegelman, Sangini Seth, Anne Stangl, Aamod Dhoj Shrestha, Archana Shrestha

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Women residing in semi-urban areas of Nepal and had cancer stigma were less likely to have been screened for cervical cancer. …”
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Mapping global annual urban land cover fractions (2001–2020) derived with multi-objective deep learning by Haoyu Wang, Qian Wang, Xiuyuan Zhang, Shihong Du, Lubin Bai, Shuping Xiong

“…Existing global urbanization research focused on urban expansion and neglected the dynamic ULC changes occurring inside urban areas. This study addresses this issue by developing a Global Annual Urban Land Cover Fraction (GAULCF) dataset, which encompasses six ULC categories (Non-crop Vegetation-Cropland-Building-Non-build Impervious-Surface-Soil-Water, V-C-B-I-S-W) in global urban areas and measures their dynamics from 2001 to 2020. …”
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Incidence and fatality of serious suicide attempts in a predominantly rural population in Shandong, China: a public health surveillance study by Aiqiang Xu, Mei Wang, Xiaolei Guo, Cunxian Jia, Jiandong Sun, Jiyu Zhang

“…A multiple logistic regression model was developed to examine the factors associated with a higher or lower fatality rate.Results The incidence of SSAs was estimated to be 46 (95% CI 44 to 48) per 100 000 person-years, which was 1.5 times higher in rural versus urban areas, slightly higher among females, and increased with age. …”
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Development and Validation of a Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Dietary Intake of Turkish School-Aged Children by Güneş Fatma Esra, Elmacıoğiu Funda, Aktaç Şule, Sağlam Duygu

“…Fifty randomly selected students aged 7–12 from urban areas of Istanbul were included in this study. …”
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Wildland-Urban Interface: Key Issues by Leslie Annie Hermansen-Baez, Jennifer Seitz, Martha C. Monroe

“…A result of the influx of new residents to the South is an expansion of urban areas into forests and other natural areas, creating areas referred to as the wildland-urban interface. …”
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Shortage of Rental Housing in Germany: Causes, Instruments, Implications by Stephan L. Thomsen, Daniel Vogt, Lars Brausewetter

“…Over the last few years, an excess demand in urban areas has led to an increase in rental prices. …”
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Wildland-Urban Interface: Key Issues by Leslie Annie Hermansen-Baez, Jennifer Seitz, Martha C. Monroe

“…A result of the influx of new residents to the South is an expansion of urban areas into forests and other natural areas, creating areas referred to as the wildland-urban interface. …”
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Analysis of the Rural-Urban Migration flow in Algeria Using the model of Harris Todaro by KHALED SENATOR, Imadeddine LACHEB

“…The available data shows that the rural-urban migration in Algeria responds to the difference on wage level, because the wages on urban areas were always higher. However, it is important to take into consideration the historical background during the colonial period and the 10 years the political instability during the 1990s that have had accelerated the movement of the population. …”
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Réindustrialiser les territoires, la revanche des villes petites et moyennes ? by Marjolaine Gros-Balthazard, Magali Talandier

“…While the results show that reindustrialization occurs mainly in large urban areas, the analysis reveals the structuring role of small and medium-sized cities, but also rural municipalities within these metropolitan areas. …”
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Assessment of Service Quality in Urban Sports Facilities: A Comprehensive Evaluation Framework Applied to Shanghai, China by Yusheng Yang, Shuoning Tang

“…This study evaluated the spatial distribution of sports facilities in Shanghai’s central urban areas and Pudong New Area, focusing on accessibility, variegation, and coherence at municipal, district, neighborhood, and community levels. …”
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La prévention des risques industriels, frein ou moteur du développement économique ? by Emmanuel Martinais

“…This immersion in the heart of the procedure gives us the opportunity to discover that while the prevention of industrial risks is often thought of as being a factor that undermines economic development, in this situation it has acted as the « engine » of an important revitalization of the Chemicals valley industrial platform, whilst establishing the legal and technological conditions that allow heavy industry to remain present in this heavily urbanized area.…”
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Spatial identification of regions exposed to multi-hazards at the pan-European level by T.-E. Antofie, T.-E. Antofie, S. Luoni, A. Tilloy, A. Sibilia, S. Salari, G. Eklund, D. Rodomonti, C. Bountzouklis, C. Corbane

“…We find that beyond population density, the income level (i.e. high, medium, low) is the primary driver that influences risk status at the local level, within both rural and urban areas. On average, we find higher multi-hazard exposure for people living in high-income urban areas or low-income rural areas. …”
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Mortality causes and health spending by gender and health conditions in octogenarians, nonagenarians and centenarians in Colombia by Oscar Espinosa, Valeria Bejarano, Isabella Franky, Sandeep Pagali, Michael Drummond, Oscar H. Franco

“…COVID-19 incurred higher health expenditure in rural areas compared to urban areas (1090 vs. 519 purchasing power parity USD respectively). …”
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Evaluating the impact of roof rainwater harvesting on hydrological connectivity and urban flood mitigation by Quang-Oai Lu, Reza Bahramloo, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Jun Wang, Ali Talebi, Quynh Thi Phuong Tran, Afshin Ghahramani, Mehdi Sepehri

“…However, the success of Roof rainwater harvesting in urban areas depends on technical, social, and regulatory support, as well as public acceptance for non-potable uses.…”
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Assessing Four Decades of Land Use and Land Cover Change: Policy Impacts and Environmental Dynamics in the Min River Basin, Fujian, China by Weixuan Huang, Anil Shrestha, Yifan Xie, Jianwu Yan, Jingxin Wang, Futao Guo, Yuee Cao, Guangyu Wang

“…., LULCC and landscape indices) in forests, croplands, urban areas, and water bodies from 1980 to 2020 using the China National Land Use/Cover Change (CNLUCC) and ArcGIS Pro 2.3. …”
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Multi-year simulations at kilometre scale with the Integrated Forecasting System coupled to FESOM2.5 and NEMOv3.4 by T. Rackow, T. Rackow, X. Pedruzo-Bagazgoitia, T. Becker, S. Milinski, I. Sandu, R. Aguridan, P. Bechtold, S. Beyer, J. Bidlot, S. Boussetta, W. Deconinck, M. Diamantakis, P. Dueben, E. Dutra, E. Dutra, R. Forbes, R. Ghosh, H. F. Goessling, I. Hadade, J. Hegewald, T. Jung, T. Jung, S. Keeley, L. Kluft, N. Koldunov, A. Koldunov, T. Kölling, J. Kousal, C. Kühnlein, P. Maciel, K. Mogensen, T. Quintino, I. Polichtchouk, B. Reuter, D. Sármány, P. Scholz, D. Sidorenko, J. Streffing, B. Sützl, D. Takasuka, D. Takasuka, S. Tietsche, M. Valentini, B. Vannière, N. Wedi, L. Zampieri, F. Ziemen

“…New developments at ECMWF for a better representation of snow and land use, including a dedicated scheme for urban areas, were also tested on multi-year timescales. …”
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L’accès à l’eau courante des femmes migrantes à Ouagadougou : durabilité de l’accès et effet sur la survie des enfants by Stéphanie Dos Santos

“…In sub-Saharan Africa, 40 % of the population still does not have access to an improved source of water. In urban areas, despite of progress, this rate is the same as in 1990 because of the urban population growth largely due to migrations. …”
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Esthétiques sonores et transsensorielles du rapport à la ville dans les parcs et jardins urbains by Jeanne Lafon

“…Although the majority of users seem to appreciate the sound quality of urban parks and gardens and consider them as isolated spaces protected from the city and traffic noise, this is the expression of idealised representations and does not reflect the real situation. In urban areas such spaces are permeable to urban sounds. …”
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Being a transnational mother while staying at home. Migrants’ wives in Mexico City by Anna Perraudin

“…It focuses on Mexican families living in working class neighbourhoods in order to analyze the impact in urban areas. Based on an ethnographic study carried out in Mexico with indigenous families, the article highlights several factors in the shifting parental roles within the couple and the family: intergenerational conflicts relating to the definition of norms of maternity, involvement of individuals in ethnic social relationships, geographic dispersal of the family and diversity of characteristic areas of socialization in the city.…”
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HOW DO SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE THE PROBABILITY OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION? EVIDENCE FROM A TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY by Hong Thu Nguyen, Kieu Oanh Dao Le

“…The results show that human capital, education, and living in urban areas increase personal financial inclusion, while age has an inverse relationship with financial inclusion. …”
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