Introduction: Infrastructural stigma and urban vulnerability

Secrecy, stigma and HIV/AIDS: An introduction.

This paper situates the articles selected for this special issue of AJAR within the context of the Sex and Secrecy conference, from which they emerged and within the discourse of secrecy. Secrecy and silence which have characterised the HIV/AIDS epidemic in many societies, have been the focus of limited academic attention. Yet the power of the secret is evident in multiple spheres. This introdu...

Urban Vulnerability Reduction: Regulations and Beyond

This article examines the causes of urban earthquake vulnerability in Gujarat, based on the case study of Ahmedabad city which was affected in the 2001, Gujarat earthquake. This paper argues that the non-compliance of regulations which causes urban vulnerability cannot be corrected merely by additional regulations or increased enforcement. An enabling environment of compliance of regulations ca...

Introduction to Urban Simulation

This chapter provides an introduction to urban simulation, which we interpret broadly to mean operational models that attempt to represent dynamic processes and interactions of urban development and transportation. Its intent is to provide the reader with a reasonable understanding of the context and objectives for urban simulation modelling within metropolitan areas in the United States, the l...

Urban Refugees: Introduction

I nterest in refugees who live in urban settings, especially those of the global south, has developed fairly recently, although refugees themselves have always been part of urban society. In 2002, the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies program at the American University in Cairo held a workshop to explore some of the methodological and ethical issues implicit in doing research among urban ref...

Groundwater Vulnerability to Pollution in Urban Catchments