The aim of this study was to identify spatial patterns in the incidence of childhood tuberculosis in cities in the state of São Paulo. An ecological and exploratory study was carried with data on new cases of tuberculosis in children 0 to 14 years old for the period 2001 to 2005 and from 2006 to 2010, obtained from DATASUS. Data of the population of this age group were collected and raised rate...

INTRODUCTION Dengue is an important public health concern in developing countries. As it is increasingly serious in mainland China, its spatiotemporal variations in this region must be further understood. METHODOLOGY On the basis of the data on dengue cases in 2004-2013 collected from the China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention, examinations of spatiotemporal variations of...

Coastal settlements, home to more than three billion people and growing rapidly, are highly vulnerable climate change. Increasingly, there calls for adaptation that goes beyond business-as-usual approaches, transforms socioeconomic systems, addresses underlying drivers of vulnerability. Although transformational growing, greater clarity is needed on what transformation means in context order br...

The rise in sea levels due to climate change causes a decrease the discharge capacity of sewer pipes and an increase risk urban inundation encroaching outfall coast. Therefore, it is crucial quantitatively evaluate predict increasing degree properly respond that aggravated by effects rising levels. In this study, two research areas were selected consideration regional characteristics coastal ar...

Interdisciplinary subjects have always had a remarkable contribution in developing urban design concepts and theories. Among these contexts, cinema as a medium which broadcasts features of our cities and urban environments can have a significant role, but this instructional field is neglected among Iranian scholars. Thus, to fulfill this gap, it is essential to clarify the interrelations of cit...

This paper evaluates the effect of High Speed Rail (HSR) projects on the economic growth of targeted city nodes (HSR cities) in China using prefectural-level city data from 1990 to 2013. Employing a panel data program evaluation method devised by Hsiao, Chin and Wan (2012), we construct hypothetical counterfactuals for per capita real GDP of HSR cities in the absence of their respective HSR pro...

sea shores of gilan province is one off the biggest tourist attractions in iran. this area have valuable forests and grasslands. in addition it provides significant amount of corps like rice, tea, olive. considering this facts, environmental protection of this area must be priority for national government. however waste management instruction have been ratified in iran, there isn’t any specific...