Transferts, hybridations et renouvellements des savoirs. Parcours urbanistique et architectural de Michel Écochard de 1932 à 1974 by Marlène Ghorayeb

“…In Morocco, he put modern theories to the test of local data and the problem of slums, and developed innovative solutions for "housing in great numbers". …”
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Humdrum Tasks of the Salaried Men: Edwin Williams, a London County Council Architect at War by Nick Beech

“…Operating complex emergency projects under extreme conditions, the same contractors and building operatives trained in Williams’s programme were later responsible for the clearance of bomb damaged sites and slums. This paper suggests that certain developments in modern architecture can be considered contingent upon practices of the demolition industry as developed by Williams. …”
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River community agency in mitigating disaster risk by Ramdhon Akhmad, Zunariyah Siti, Demartoto Argyo

“…The form of structural agency is manifested into some actions: cleaning river, saving river border, and organizing slums. Cultural agency gives emphasis on the attempt of improving environmental consciousness and interest in increasing the capacity of suppressing vulnerability. …”
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Analysis of the relationship between objective and subjective indicators of quality of life in terms of access to urban services in the context of old zone of Urmia by amin mahmodi azar, Rahim hashempour, sid momen fovad marashi

“…Quality of living talk about different indices and one of its important indices is access to the city services which in turns would decrease some of the city problems such as slums and irregular construction, land speculation and etc. …”
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« KOMM, KÜSS MICH COMPUTER / KOMM, PROGRAMMIERE MICH » by Bruno Dupont

“…Finally, the series of plays world wide web-slums, from the playwright René Pollesch (from 2001 on), presents a distopy in which humans are augmented with « body computers », and thereby enter the age of transhumanism. …”
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Implementation of Blended Learning in Southern African Marginalised Higher Education Eclectic Contexts by Patricia Muhuro, Simon Murote Kang’ethe

“…Marginalised contexts include slums, rural areas, remote locations, and zones characterised by resource limitations. …”
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Inclusion by Co-Production of Social Housing: The Slovak Experience by Maria Murray Svidronova, Beata Mikušová Meričková, Juraj Nemec

“…Specifically, the Sustainable Development Goals target 11.1 is “By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums”. The current Slovak “State Housing Policy Concept to 2020”, among others, defines specific objectives, e.g. increasing or at least maintaining the same share of public expenditure on housing, introducing a new housing allowance, and supporting the development of the non-profit sector in housing provision. …”
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Inovasi Pengembangan Wisata Kampung Nelayan di Kecamatan Ende Selatan, Kabupaten Endeurahan Tetandara, Rukun Lima, dan Paupanda, Kecamatan Ende Selatan, Kabupaten Ende by Sugiyanto Sugiyanto, Mohammad Kus Yunanto, Daris Yulianto

“…Some of the problems include: limited infrastructure to support tourism, poor quality of human resources, poverty, and the majority of the population living in slums. This research uses a qualitative method with a case study approach. …”
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URBAN PLANNING, DEMOLITION OF PROPERTY AND CITIZENS’ DEPRIVATION IN AFRICAN CITIES: A POLYCENTRIC PLANNING PERSEPCTIVE by Samson AKINOLA

“…The rapidly growing urban population makes infrastructure to be deteriorating; thus, creating slums and squatter settlements that warrant eviction and demolition by governments. …”
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Vulnerabilidade de inserção no mercado de trabalho dos jovens moradores de favelas de Belo Horizonte by Nícia Raies Moreira de Souza, Juliana de Lucena Ruas Riani

“…The data used came from the demographic census of 2010 of IBGE, considering as a lower level of aggregation the weighting areas that were compatible with slums areas. The results show that in certain areas of the city of Belo Horizonte young people enter the labor market earlier, without continuing their studies, have a higher rate of unemployment and greater insertion in the informal sector. …”
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IAPSM’s Position Paper on Typhoid Vaccines for Adult Immunization in India by Kapil Goel, Madhur Verma, Nikita Sharma, Swayam Pragyan Parida, Anu Bhardwaj, Anuradha Nadda, Sahil Sharma, Arunima Sen, Jacob John, Adarsh Bansal, Madhu Gupta

“…Typhoid is a major public health concern in India, particularly among those dwelling in urban slums with poor sanitation. The disease caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi spread majorly through contaminated food and water. …”
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Framing Colonial Australia: A Socio-historical Articulation of the Display of Art by Anita Gowers

“…The industrialisation of convict transportation saw vast numbers of lawbreakers sent unceremoniously to Australian shores, with the newly emergent convict settlements of Hobart Town and Sydney quickly becoming Antipodean slums: untidy, unruly and in dire need of civilising. …”
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Engagement and Preparedness of Urban Accredited Social Health Activists (U-ASHAs) for Delivery of Tuberculosis (TB) Care: Findings From two Cities in Maharashtra, India by Vidula S. Purohit, Shilpa Santosh Karvande, Daksha Y. Shah, Omprakash B. Vallepawar, Omprakash J. Yadav, Nerges F. Mistry

“…Finding missing tuberculosis (TB) cases from the “under-reached” population of urban slums and connecting them with TB services is a priority and ongoing challenge for India. …”
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"I'll take them another day": A qualitative study exploring the socio-behavioral complexities of childhood vaccination in urban poor settlements. by Judy Gichuki, Ben Ngoye, Francis Wafula

“…Given the higher risk of disease transmission and vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) outbreaks across densely populated urban slums, identifying effective interventions to improve childhood vaccination in this vulnerable population is crucial. …”
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Analysing the Multidimensional Nature of Poverty: a Focus on Housing Insecurity in South Africa by Zamokuhle Ndaba, Steven Henry Dunga, Precious Mncayi-Makhanya

“…Over a billion people reside in slums and other informal settlements across the globe, and the number is expected to increase. …”
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Barriers and enablers in the micronutrient powder supply chain: lessons from a process evaluation of a home fortification programme in Bangladesh by Md. Fakhar Uddin, Md. Aminul Islam, Mahfuzur Rahman, Tahmeed Ahmed, Haribondhu Sarma

“…Therefore, this study aimed to explore the barriers and enablers in the MNP supply chain in Bangladesh.MethodsWe conducted this process evaluation in five rural sub-districts and three urban slums from March 2016 to February 2017. We conducted 15 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) with HF programme personnel, 41 In-depth Interviews (IDIs) with direct HF programme implementers and reviewed relevant documents. …”
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Determinants of Microbial Contamination of Street-Vended Chicken Products Sold in Nairobi County, Kenya by Beatrice J. Birgen, Lucy G. Njue, Dasel M. Kaindi, Fredrick O. Ogutu, Joshua O. Owade

“…The study investigated the microbiological recovery of work surfaces and chicken sold in Korogocho and Kariobangi North slums in Nairobi County as well as evaluating vendors’ hygiene and food safety practices. …”
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