Information technology is widely used as a media monitor various activities. In this study, the authors will utilize IT to monitor the Rural Infrastructure Development Program (PPIP). PPIP is a program of community development at the village level in the framework of the provision of basic infrastructure in rural settlements carried out by the Directorate General of Human Settlements Ministry o...

While the Amazon region has the world's largest reserve of fresh water, the lack of water services and water treatment, especially in non-urban regions, causes environmental and health problems. In isolated rural settlements supply is usually by shallow wells, and the quality of water is a concern for residents. These are situations where there are restricted options for water treatment. This s...

Assessing the Effect of Mother’s Migration on Childhood Mortality in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi Between one and two million migrants reside in cramped conditions in Nairobi’s slums without proper access to sanitation or affordable clean water. Children in such areas are exposed to enormous risks, health risks in particular. Using longitudinal data collected every four months during the...

Since the 1960’s the island Tenerife is characterized by an increasing tourism – about 4.9 mio. accommodate tourists in 2003 – which causes a lasting change of the socio-economic situation and a rural exodus. On account of this development the situation of land cover and land use changed in the same time: Fallow land, land wasting and decreasing settlements are some of the main consequences. Th...