Changing Asian Cities

The Archaeology of South Asian Cities

Urbanism in the Indian subcontinent occurred in three distinct time periods in which cultural cohesion over large regions is archaeologically demonstrated through the architecture and artifacts of social, ritual, and economic activity. In the Indus (2500– 1900 B.C.) and Early Historic (3rd century B.C. to 4th century A.D.) periods, cities were not necessarily tied to political territories or gu...

Changing spectrum of malnutrition in urban cities.

We read with interest the recent study published in [1] regarding persistent levels of undernutrition in city like Chandigarh. The authors have concluded that the prevalence of underweight among under-five year old children remained almost stagnant in the last one decade from 51.6% (1997) to 50.4% (2007). We would like to point out that sampling frame and design of the published study pose limi...

Emergency medical services key performance measurement in Asian cities

BACKGROUND One of the key principles in the recommended standards is that emergency medical service (EMS) providers should continuously monitor the quality and safety of their services. This requires service providers to implement performance monitoring using appropriate and relevant measures including key performance indicators. In Asia, EMS systems are at different developmental phases and ma...

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The Changing Status of Women in Asian Societies