Improving urban transport for the poor

Improving Management Decisions in Urban Passenger Transport Based on the Sociological Study

This paper aims to conduct a sociological survey and the results of the formation of theoretical and methodological principles and practical recommendations for improving management decisions in urban passenger transport. We use the analytical economic methodology to analyse the transport industry of Ukraine; to investigate the theoretical and methodological principles of the compensation polic...

modification of nanoclay for improving the physico-mechanical properties of dental adhesives

هدف اصلی این مطالعه تهیه یک سامانه نوین چسب عاجی دندانی بر پایه نانورس پیوند شده با پلی متاکریلیک اسید، نانورس پیوند شده با پلی اکریلیک اسید، مخلوط نانوسیلیکا و نانورس پیوند شده با پلی متاکریلیک اسید، مخلوط نانوسیلیکا و نانورس پیوند شده با پلی اکریلیک اسید و نانورس پیوند شده با کیتوسان اصلاح شده با گلایسیدیل متاکریلات است. پیوند پلی متاکریلیک اسید و پلی اکریلیک اسید بر ری سطح نانورس در حضور و ...

Improving access to adequate and affordable housing for the urban poor through an integrated approach

The South is urbanizing at an unprecedented rate. Occurring concurrently with the accelerated urban growth is what is now commonly referred to as the “urbanization of poverty”—the fact that a rapidly increasing proportion of the world’s poor are to be found in cities and towns. An ever-rising number of urban poor households are thus seeking low-cost housing within their means. This has resulted...

Ambulatory Care for the Urban Poor

Secure Tenure for the Urban Poor

Whilst this target will hopefully be achieved, we should not overlook the fact that an estimated 837 million people are presently living in slums and that this is expected to double within 25 years. This suggests that the total number of people living in slums by 2020 will be about 1500 million, so a reduction of 100 million is modest by any definition. It also suggests that an equal or even gr...