Slum Health

Author : Jason Corburn,Lee Riley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780520962798

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Slum Health by Jason Corburn,Lee Riley Pdf

Urban slum dwellers—especially in emerging-economy countries—are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and reduced life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health exposes how and why slums can be unhealthy; reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents; and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that valuing both new biologic and “street” science—professional and lay knowledge—is crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums.

Author : Jason Corburn,Lee Riley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780520281073

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Slum Health by Jason Corburn,Lee Riley Pdf

Urban slum dwellers—especially in emerging-economy countries—are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and reduced life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health exposes how and why slums can be unhealthy; reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents; and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that valuing both new biologic and “street” science—professional and lay knowledge—is crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums.

Author : B. RAVEENDRA NAIK
Publisher : Kavya Publications
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND HEALTH STATUS OF WOMEN SLUM DWELLERS IN TIRUPATI CITY by B. RAVEENDRA NAIK Pdf

Author : Dr.Padmini S.V.
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-18
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789390996193

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF SLUM DWELLERS IN KARNATAKA - A CASE STUDY IN TUMKUR DISTRICT by Dr.Padmini S.V. Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Medical education
ISBN : MINN:31951D036148952

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Health Manpower and Nurse Training, 1974 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment Pdf

Author : Dr. Virender Singh
Publisher : Ashok Yakkaldevi
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781716436994

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LIFE SCUFFLES OF SLUM DWELLERS A geographic Study of Gurgaon by Dr. Virender Singh Pdf

1.1 General Background The word ‘slum’ has a slangy connotation in British society from where this word is thought to be originated. In the eastern end of London, this word means ‘room,’ and it evolved over time to mean ‘back slum’ giving the sense of ‘back allay, street of poor people’ (Etymological Dictionary). The Slum is variously named, often interchangeably used, in different parts of the globe viz. shanty town, favela, rookery, gecekondu, skid row, barrio, ghetto, bidonville, taudis, bandas de miseria, barrio marginal, morro, loteamento, barraca, musseque, tugurio, solares, mudun safi, karyan, medina achouaia, brarek, ishash, galoos, tanake, baladi, trushebi, chalis, katras, zopadpattis, bustee, estero, looban, dagatan, umjondolo, watta, udukku, and chereka bete (UN-Habitat, 2003). Below are some of the definitions of slum given by some eminent social scientists working in the field of slums. Merrium Websters’ American Dictionary defines slums as “a densely populated usually urban area marked by crowding, dirty run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization” whereas the Oxford Dictionary defines slums to be a “squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people” and it also tells that the slums consists of type of “houses or buildings unfit for human habitation”. As per, the Cambridge online dictionary, a slumis “a very poor and crowded area, especially of a city” in which the living conditions are “untidy or dirty”. Colin's dictionary states that “a slumis an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition” and it also lists some of its synonyms like hovel, ghetto, shanty, etc.

Author : Igor Vojnovic,Amber L. Pearson,Gershim Asiki,Geoff DeVerteuil,Adriana Allen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1170 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315465432

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Handbook of Global Urban Health by Igor Vojnovic,Amber L. Pearson,Gershim Asiki,Geoff DeVerteuil,Adriana Allen Pdf

Through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives, and with an emphasis on exploring patterns as well as distinct and unique conditions across the globe, this collection examines advanced and cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the health of urban populations. Despite the growing interest in global urban health, there are limited resources available that provide an extensive and advanced exploration into the health of urban populations in a transnational context. This volume offers a high-quality and comprehensive examination of global urban health issues by leading urban health scholars from around the world. The book brings together a multi-disciplinary perspective on urban health, with chapter contributions emphasizing disciplines in the social sciences, construction sciences and medical sciences. The co-editors of the collection come from a number of different disciplinary backgrounds that have been at the forefront of urban health research, including public health, epidemiology, geography, city planning and urban design. The book is intended to be a reference in global urban health for research libraries and faculty collections. It will also be appropriate as a text for university class adoption in upper-division under-graduate courses and above. The proposed volume is extensive and offers enough breadth and depth to enable it to be used for courses emphasizing a U.S., or wider Western perspective, as well as courses on urban health emphasizing a global context.

Author : Manoranjan Mishra,Manoj Kumar Dash,Dinoj Kumar Upadhyay,Raj Kishor Kampa
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000292206

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Resource Efficiency, Sustainability, and Globalization by Manoranjan Mishra,Manoj Kumar Dash,Dinoj Kumar Upadhyay,Raj Kishor Kampa Pdf

The EU is a major trade partner with India, and economic linkages continue to deepen. India and the EU have increased their political interactions and are crucial partners in promoting sustainable development. Recent trends in India-EU relations show that New Delhi and Brussels are keen to expand their partnership in multiple areas, including sustainable development and natural resources management. This volume takes a unique approach to exploring the efficient management of resources in the era of resource depletion due to climate changes and business expansion, in conjunction with considering the multiple dimensions of India-European Union cooperation. It analyzes regional and global trends in the process of globalization and sustainable development, particularly in the context of natural resource management and resource efficiency. It offers a variety of perspectives through useful and current information in this field, providing a concise and holistic understanding of the issues and challenges faced when exploiting natural resources for sustainable and efficient resource utilization.

Author : Joav Merrick,Ariel Tenenbaum,Ritu Kalgotra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : People with disabilities
ISBN : 1536199818

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India by Joav Merrick,Ariel Tenenbaum,Ritu Kalgotra Pdf

"India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. In this book we have gathered research papers from India concerned with disability research and prevention issues, health issues, rural health care, childhood immunisation and studies carried out in the slum areas of Delhi. We hope this research will be of interest to the reader"--

Author : Sylvia Chant,Cathy McIlwaine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317950370

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Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South by Sylvia Chant,Cathy McIlwaine Pdf

Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South. This is one of the first books to detail the challenges facing poorer segments of the female population who commonly reside in ‘slums’. It explores the variegated disadvantages of urban poverty and slum-dwelling from a gender perspective. This book revolves around conceptualisation of the ‘gender-urban-slum interface’ which explains key elements to understanding women’s experiences in slum environments. It has a specific focus on the ways in which gender inequalities are can be entrenched but also alleviated. Included is a review of the demographic factors which are increasingly making cities everywhere ‘feminised spaces’, such as increased rural-urban migration among women, demographic ageing, and rising proportions of female-headed households in urban areas. Discussions focus in particular on education, paid and unpaid work, access to land, property and urban services, violence, intra-urban mobility, and political participation and representation. This book will be of use to researchers and professionals concerned with gender and development, urbanisation and rural-urban migration.

Author : Indian Society for Medical Statistics. Conference
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biometry
ISBN : CHI:80644797

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Biostatistical Aspects of Health and Population by Indian Society for Medical Statistics. Conference Pdf

Contributed articles presented at the 20th annual conference of Indian Society for Medical Statistics brought out on the silver jubilee of National Institute of Medical Statistics.

Author : Thaneswar Bir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : UOM:39015055437670

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Dynamics of Health Culture by Thaneswar Bir Pdf

In the Indian context.

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Medical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038783358

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Urbanization and Its Implications for Child Health by World Health Organization Pdf

Bibliography p. 74-78. Published in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme

Author : Fabian Frenzel,Ko Koens,Malte Steinbrink
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136487958

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Slum Tourism by Fabian Frenzel,Ko Koens,Malte Steinbrink Pdf

Slum tourism is a globalizing trend and a controversial form of tourism. Impoverished urban areas have always enticed the popular imagination, considered to be places of ‘otherness’, ‘moral decay’, ‘deviant liberty’ or ‘authenticity’. ‘Slumming’ has a long tradition in the Global North, for example in Victorian London when the upper classes toured the East End. What is new, however, is its development dynamics and its rapidly spreading popularity across the globe. Township tourism and favela tourism have currently reached mass tourism characteristics in South Africa and in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In other countries of the Global South, slum tourism now also occurs and providers see huge growth potential. While the morally controversial practice of slum tourism has raised much attention and opinionated debates in the media for several years, academic research has only recently started addressing it as a global phenomenon. This edition provides the first systematic overview of the field and the diverse issues connected to slum tourism. This multidisciplinary collection is unique both in its conceptual and empirical breadth. Its chapters indicate that ‘global slumming’ is not merely a controversial and challenging topic in itself, but also offers an apt lens through which to discuss core concepts in critical tourism studies in a global perspective, in particular: ‘poverty’, ‘power’ and ‘ethics’. Building on research by prolific researchers from ten different countries, the book provides a comprehensive and unique insight in the current empirical, practical and theoretical knowledge on the subject. It takes a thorough and critical review of issues associated with slum tourism, asking why slums are visited, whether they should be visited, how they are represented, who is benefiting from it and in what way. It offers new insights to tourism's role in poverty alleviation and urban regeneration, power relations in contact zones and tourism's cultural and political implications. Drawing on research from four continents and seven different countries, and from multidisciplinary perspectives, this ground-breaking volume will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics interested in this contemporary form of tourism.

Author : NEELA GANGULY
Publisher : MJP Publisher
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SLUMS OF INDIA by NEELA GANGULY Pdf

Contents: 1. Introduction, 2. Slums of the World and in India, 3. Health Care Delivery In India, 4. Slums in Chennai, 5. Health Care Programmes for the Slum Population of Chennai City 6. Children, Women and Geriatric Care for the Slum Population of Chennai City 7. Conclusion and Suggestions. The inspiration to write this book came from the collection of data for a Need Assessment Study of a local slum near my residence. The buildings in the slum locality, the inhabitants and their livelihood, the availability of infrastructure, both governmental and private, in their vicinity and above all, the requirements and expectations of the population, all helped me undertake this study and thus the outcome of the thesis and this book.Specific reference is made to only 4 divisions from 4 zones from the erstwhile Chennai city before the expansion of 2012. Though expansion would have dispersed the ward and division numbers, the name of the location, its locality and the population remain the same. Therefore, I have simply changed the zone numbers to West, North, South-west and South.All the data pertaining to this study limits to the year 2009. Though this parameter is in fact a shortcoming to the study, the hypotheses and its outcome remain significant to this day. Also the representing sample of 300 compared to the total population of 6,26,271 of the 4 zones put together is sufficient since the sample population and the total population are not spread away from each other.