BACKGROUND The association between socio-economic marginalisation in urban poor neighbourhoods and the prevalence of violence, crime, drug use and drug dealing has been well documented. However few studies have explored the social context of the transition to, initiation and maintenance of drug injection career in slum areas in developing countries. This study examines the lived experience of y...

The urban problem in Jambi City is the extent of slum settlements. Based on Decree Mayor Number: 166 2016 concerning Determining Location Slum Housing and City, it known that there are 689.10 hectares slums spread across 13 sub-districts 5 sub-districts. Mayor's Decree, one with settlements Kota Baru District, which located as capital administrative area City. aims this research 1). Knowing phy...

rate of urbanization in developing countries , such as iran, has flowed many problems for cities. among of thease common problems of cities is the growth of informal settlements that have several problems for them. in this relation, bonab as one of major cities of east azarbaijan , according to geographic location and having several resources and employment opportunities has been as a center of...

Abstract Since the approval of Brazilian Federal Technical Assistance Law, whose objective is to guarantee adequate technical assistance residents poor areas improve their homes, several municipalities have implemented programs, not always successful, housing in slums. Aiming subsidize these programs implementation workflow, present paper analyses use drones as a tool gather information about p...

This study focuses on the Sustainable Township Development Programme, a slum resettlement project that represents recent housing policy shift in Sri Lanka. Through actual improvement activities of residents Sahaspura, complex, and surrounding area, response beneficiaries to “ladder” was clarified. Policy makers planners intended merge dwellers into formal market through provision “ladders,” set...

a Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada. Correspondence to Brodie Ramin (e-mail: [email protected]). Sub-Saharan Africa is the least urbanized region in the world. Only 39.1% of the region’s population lives in cities.1 However, the region’s urban population is projected to more than double to 760 million by 2030.1 The rate of urbanizat...

Urban renewal initiatives play an important role in achieving the targets of making human settlements and cities safe, inclusive, resilient sustainable. Renewal India is a comprehensive presentation strategic, technical theoretical aspects urban areas. ‘Urban Renewal’ refers redevelopment areas to ensure quality life, growth infrastructure, promotion tourism. The paper describes tools or approa...

BACKGROUND Urban slums, like refugee communities, comprise a social cluster that engenders a distinct set of health problems. With 1 billion people currently estimated to live in such communities, this neglected population has become a major reservoir for a wide spectrum of health conditions that the formal health sector must deal with. DISCUSSION Unlike what occurs with refugee populations, ...

Informal settlements have been crucial sites of spatial dispossession and neoliberal urbanization with the displacement urban poor from profitable areas. This study examines gendered implications changing dimensions women’s poverty as a result slum/squatter redevelopment projects. Based on research Kadifekale Urban Transformation Project in Turkey that resettled residents highly concentrated Ku...

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play a significant role in complementing the state ito improve living conditions urban slums developing countries through slum upgrading. However, since NGOs operate on fixed budgets and timelines, small geographical areas, sustainability of their interventions remains subject research interest speculation. This has raised questions about challenges facing ...