نتایج جستجو برای: urban services

تعداد نتایج: 459633  

2012
Weiyan Jian Kit Yee Chan Shunv Tang Daniel D Reidpath

BACKGROUND There is, globally, an often observed inequality in the health services available in urban and rural areas. One strategy to overcome the inequality is to require urban doctors to spend time in rural hospitals. This approach was adopted by the Beijing Municipality (population of 20.19 million) to improve rural health services, but the approach has never been systematically evaluated. ...

Journal: :iranian journal of public health 0
m mohseni f shafii

this study examined the relationship between some socio- demographic variables, medical orientations and utilization of health services of urban in comparison with rural head of households. the data for this study were obtained as part of 1975 health survey of the southern provinces of iran. the finding revealed a significant relationship between the indices used in this study, particularly in ...

2014
Maria Schewenius Timon McPhearson Thomas Elmqvist

Urban futures that are more resilient and sustainable require an integrated social-ecological system approach to urban policymaking, planning, management, and governance. In this article, we introduce the Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (URBES) and the Cities and Biodiversity Outlook (CBO) Projects as new social-ecological contributions to research and practice on emerging urban resil...

2014
Dagmar Haase Niki Frantzeskaki Thomas Elmqvist

Urban landscapes are the everyday environment for the majority of the global population, and almost 80 % of the Europeans live in urban areas. The continuous growth in the number and size of urban areas along with an increasing demand on resources and energy poses great challenges for ensuring human welfare in cities while preventing an increasing loss of biodiversity. The understanding of how ...

The process of spatial distribution of urban services in order to provide equitable access to opportunities and reduced regional disparities, and earning the highest citizen satisfaction are among the main challenges facing urban management. This requires knowledge of the current status of spatial distribution of public services in the city, followed by optimal resource allocation under varying...

2007
BARBARA EVANS

Many millions of urban dwellers are excluded from formal systems of water and sanitation service delivery. Without access to piped water and acceptable sanitation services, households and individuals are forced to use limited supplies of water, often of poor quality, from unreliable sources and usually at a high cost. Safe sanitation and the means to practice hygienic behaviours are often entir...

Journal: :International journal for equity in health 2016
Nkechi G Onyeneho Uche V Amazigo Ngozi A Njepuome Obioma C Nwaorgu Joseph C Okeibunor

BACKGROUND The relationship between people's perception and utilization of public health services was investigated. METHODS A survey of 840 households across selected urban, peri urban and rural communities, in the Southeast of Nigeria, was conducted using the mixed methods approach. RESULTS Of the nine (9) demographic variables, only the locality and status of the health system (strong or ...

Abdolahinia, Zahra, Ahmadi Tabatabaei, Seyed Vahid, Bahaodini, Ali, Esmaeilpour, Ali, Ghasemi, Hajar, Haghdoost, Ali Akbar, Jaafari, Zahra, Mahmoodzadeh, Saeideh , Safa, Najmeh , Safari, Hamid, Sharifi, Ali, Tohidinik, Hamid Reza , Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Vahid,

Background and Objectives: low utility of health care services is one of the main determinants of not achieving desired health indicators in urban areas. This study aimed to investigate the barriers and facilitators of receiving health services from health centers in Kerman city, Iran.   Methods: This study was a qualitative study with a content analysis approach conducted in 2020. After sele...

2009
C. Y. Jim Wendy Y. Chen

Urban forests are integral components of urban ecosystems, which could generate significant ecosystem services, such as offsetting carbon emission, removing air pollutants, regulating the microclimate, and recreation. These ecosystem services contribute to improving environmental quality, quality of life, and sustainable urban development. Despite a long history of inserting vegetation in human...

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