Tuberculosis is said to be on the increase in India. The remarkable progress motor traffic has made during the last two decades has greatly facilitated intermingling of the rural and urban populations. There is no doubt that tuberculosis is rife in the congested areas and slums of Indian towns but very little information is available about its incidence in the villages. With perhaps one excepti...

Asia Pacific is experiencing multiple dynamics of urbanisation, economic growth, poverty and environmental deterioration. It is the largest region with more than 60 percent of the world population. About 43 percent of the total population in the region live in urban areas, of which 40 percent live in slums and substandard conditions. In the past 30 years, the urban population in Asia Pacific ha...

Several economic models have described the theoretical causes and consequences of ‘credit rationing’ and ‘under-investment. This literature shows the long-run effects of initial wealth distribution and entrepreneurial ability on the process of occupational choice and performance, and its consequences on inequality. Surprisingly, there is very little micro-level evidence on the existence and eff...

Improving quality of life in the slum is one of the development goals for new millennium. The existence of slums is essentially a manifestation of poverty, along with the economic and industrial development-slums will continue to exist and grow further. The experience of Kerala shows that the condition of the people can be improved even at low levels of economic development through appropriate ...

Migration of people to urban areas from the rural areas usually comes with its challenges interms of infrastructural requirement and housing to cater for growing population. One of the challenge for the urbandwellers in Nigeria is that of adequate housing. The inability of the government to meet this demand has seen thepeople concerned seeking alternative solutions to housing need. The resultin...

One form of implementation the mandate Law Republic Indonesia No. 1 2011 concerning Housing and Settlement Areas is explicitly stated in Presidential Regulation 2 2015 National Medium Term Development Plan for 2015-2019 implemented Kep. Director DJCK 110/KPTS/DC/2016 Determination City Locations Without Slums. The decision Directorate General Human Settlements became basis determining location ...

Housing problems in urban areas are very critical. The increased population growth DKI Jakarta and the high migration rate from rural to cause slums. Slums generated because many households do not have place live populate unauthorized inappropriate regions. More than 50% of yet own any housing property. In addition, backlog reached 302.319 2017. Therefore, One way overcome this issue is provide...

Over one billion people live in the world’s 200,000 slums and informal settlements. We used data generated from mobile phones to better understand one of the largest slums, Kibera located in Nairobi, Kenya. Using call logs from June 2008 June 2009 and theories from human geography, economics, sociology, journalists, and anthropologists as a basis, we tested the validity of a few prominent theor...

About a third of the population in the cities of developing countries live in slums and shanty towns. By the year 2000 it is estimated that this number will grow to 2200 million, and by 2025 about 57% of the population in developing countries will be in urban areas. The prevalence of infections caused by Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia intestinalis and the prevalence and intensity of Ascaris ...