Urban rehabilitation – a borrowed novelty

Borrowed Children

Remedies. By Mrs. St. Loe Strachey, O.B.E., J.P. Introduction by Amabel Williams-Ellis. John Murray. Cloth, 2s. 6d.; Paper, Is. 6d. From a " popular account " one expects, amongst other things, human touches and anecdotes plus a dash of practical advice. This little book gives more. In parts it is intimate; it is rich in vivid illustrations of the ups and downs in the lives of evacuated childre...

A man who borrowed cars.

robbery when his wife came to the neurology department at our hospital, in May, 1997, to ask for advice. At the age of 33, her husband had had a subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery, and had undergone surgery a few days later. Up to then, he had no medical or psychiatric history, and had never been in trouble. He was married, had a daughter, a...

Can rules be borrowed?

Nonhomogeneity Analysis Using Borrowed Strength

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Urban River Rehabilitation: A Case Study in Marikina City, Philippines

Urban rivers are vulnerable to different processes and activities that pollute and degrade the water ecosystem. Restoring their health poses a huge challenge to governments and other actors. This paper examines a ‘success’ case of a LGU-initiated river rehabilitation program in the Philippines in two sequential phases; the first phase which targeted physical restoration of the riverbanks and so...